Stakeholder perspectives on scaling up medical device reprocessing: A qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The United States health care sector is one of the largest polluting industries, which has significant adverse effects on human health. Medical device reprocessing (MDR) is a sustainability solution that has the potential to decrease hospital waste, cut carbon emissions, reduce spending, and improve supply chain resiliency; however, only a small proportion of FDA-approved devices are actually reprocessed. Thus, we conducted a qualitative study to understand barriers and facilitators of scaling up MDR.

Methods and findings

We conducted in-depth interviews with 17 stakeholders (exceeding thematic saturation) at a large academic health system in New England and national MDR organizations. We also collected observations through site visits at the health system. We rec

SUBMITTER: Hennein R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9803114 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature