France will authorize, as part of a two-year experiment, the reuse of certain single-use medical devices. Pierre-Yves Chambrin, from the National Academy of Pharmacy, tells us more.
A few other countries in the world practice reprocessing, but the results are only known by the associations of “reprocessors” without it being clear what the precise conditions are or the legislative and regulatory context. The French public authorities consider that there is a lack of sufficient guarantees in terms of health safety.