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There's a rising debate over the safety of reusing surgical blades, forceps and other medical devices. The practice was routine until a couple decades ago, when stronger plastics enabled manufacturers to start making devices designed for single use to cut costs and prevent infection spread in the era of AIDS. Then hospitals, and eventually specialized companies, started 'reprocessing' single-use devices, cutting device costs by about half — without patients' knowledge. Federal regulators say reprocessing is safe, but original device manufacturers say they can't guarantee recycled products will work correctly — and that they are wrongly blamed for malfunctions and patient harm caused by reprocessing.
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