Reclaim and reuse of disposable medical instruments
2017-06-21
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Scyk, a major American medical equipment company, announced yesterday in November 30th that it bought a $525 million funded company named Ascent Healthcare Solutions to climb health care solutions. The less prominent company specializes in helping hospitals recover disposable medical devices. Business has been pretty red in recent years. Let the large medical equipment company be quite eyed.
In the past, the medical device industry has been worried about such recycling practices or practices, and people have always questioned whether the design of disposable medical devices can be properly sterilized and reused again. As a result, the takeover is a very interesting event, which marks the first time that large medical device vendors have entered the field, encouraging hospitals to repeat some medical devices. Whether such a business and business model can be accepted by hospitals, doctors and patients is difficult to judge at present.
Nevertheless, regeneration and re-disinfection of medical devices is common in dental clinics and operating rooms, and is not unfamiliar to people. As long as the patient is accepted, the hospital is able to save money for the patient, the hospital has been allowed to proceed with a reasonable standard of this practice and continue to make sustainable efforts - the business has been growing steadily in recent years.
_ "reprocessing" because this practice is known, including delivery equipment, special facilities cleaning, disinfection, and re-use testing. The reprocessing equipment includes: a pneumatic tourniquet cuff surgeon uses a razor blade to see through the skeleton, according to the Wall Street journal.
FDA has been strengthening the supervision of medical equipment and facilities regeneration, but in general, there are not too many rules and guidelines, and the regulations are still being perfected. According to a 2008 U.S. General Audit Office survey, the use of reprocessed medical devices does not increase the risk of patients. It is conceivable that under the new medical reform, under the premise that the cost control and the quality of service are emphasized, the boldly buying of this field should be the move with the times and seize the opportunity.
Views of domestic experts
These instruments, which are used repeatedly after strict disinfection, have been turned into disposable instruments in most hospitals in recent years. Some experts believe that it is too extravagant to use the high value medical instruments at once, and that the medical units should be allowed to reuse the high value medical equipment after cleaning and disinfecting the medical equipment, so as to reduce the cost of the patients.
With the development of medical technology and economy, more and more disposable medical products are applied to the clinic, such as injectors, infusion sets, stomach tubes, catheters and puncture needles for all kinds of disposable use. Many high value medical products are also designed to be disposable sterile medical devices. From a merchant's point of view, this is a duplicate business, of course optimistic about its success, but from the consumer and payer of medical services, it may be too luxurious and wasteful.
In addition to additional costs, disposable disposal is also a big headache. Most of the disposable medical supplies are made of plastic, rubber, glass or metal. It is not easy to destroy after use. It is usually broken, incineration or landfill, so it is very easy to pollute the environment. More importantly, the use of high value disposable medical supplies, less than a few hundred yuan, more than 10000 yuan, or even about one hundred thousand yuan. Disposable medical products are used more, patients' medical expenses are increased, and medical insurance and the burden of hospitals themselves will also increase. And most of the disposable products are imported products, high profits, do not exclude some manufacturers to pursue higher profits, the use of improper means to promote products, and some manufacturers can reuse the original medical equipment, packaging and labeling of sterile medical equipment used in one time. It is understood that even in the more developed countries in Europe and America, medical staff in many hospitals are also reusing high value disposable medical devices, and they also think that the practice of discarding high value medical devices at once is too extravagant.
In the past, the medical device industry has been worried about such recycling practices or practices, and people have always questioned whether the design of disposable medical devices can be properly sterilized and reused again. As a result, the takeover is a very interesting event, which marks the first time that large medical device vendors have entered the field, encouraging hospitals to repeat some medical devices. Whether such a business and business model can be accepted by hospitals, doctors and patients is difficult to judge at present.
Nevertheless, regeneration and re-disinfection of medical devices is common in dental clinics and operating rooms, and is not unfamiliar to people. As long as the patient is accepted, the hospital is able to save money for the patient, the hospital has been allowed to proceed with a reasonable standard of this practice and continue to make sustainable efforts - the business has been growing steadily in recent years.
_ "reprocessing" because this practice is known, including delivery equipment, special facilities cleaning, disinfection, and re-use testing. The reprocessing equipment includes: a pneumatic tourniquet cuff surgeon uses a razor blade to see through the skeleton, according to the Wall Street journal.
FDA has been strengthening the supervision of medical equipment and facilities regeneration, but in general, there are not too many rules and guidelines, and the regulations are still being perfected. According to a 2008 U.S. General Audit Office survey, the use of reprocessed medical devices does not increase the risk of patients. It is conceivable that under the new medical reform, under the premise that the cost control and the quality of service are emphasized, the boldly buying of this field should be the move with the times and seize the opportunity.
Views of domestic experts
These instruments, which are used repeatedly after strict disinfection, have been turned into disposable instruments in most hospitals in recent years. Some experts believe that it is too extravagant to use the high value medical instruments at once, and that the medical units should be allowed to reuse the high value medical equipment after cleaning and disinfecting the medical equipment, so as to reduce the cost of the patients.
With the development of medical technology and economy, more and more disposable medical products are applied to the clinic, such as injectors, infusion sets, stomach tubes, catheters and puncture needles for all kinds of disposable use. Many high value medical products are also designed to be disposable sterile medical devices. From a merchant's point of view, this is a duplicate business, of course optimistic about its success, but from the consumer and payer of medical services, it may be too luxurious and wasteful.
In addition to additional costs, disposable disposal is also a big headache. Most of the disposable medical supplies are made of plastic, rubber, glass or metal. It is not easy to destroy after use. It is usually broken, incineration or landfill, so it is very easy to pollute the environment. More importantly, the use of high value disposable medical supplies, less than a few hundred yuan, more than 10000 yuan, or even about one hundred thousand yuan. Disposable medical products are used more, patients' medical expenses are increased, and medical insurance and the burden of hospitals themselves will also increase. And most of the disposable products are imported products, high profits, do not exclude some manufacturers to pursue higher profits, the use of improper means to promote products, and some manufacturers can reuse the original medical equipment, packaging and labeling of sterile medical equipment used in one time. It is understood that even in the more developed countries in Europe and America, medical staff in many hospitals are also reusing high value disposable medical devices, and they also think that the practice of discarding high value medical devices at once is too extravagant.
