To reuse or not reuse: Reuse of phacoemulsification needle tips, their efficacy, and patient response

Addressing the environmental sustainability of eye health-care delivery: a scoping review

“…Many were editorials discussing sustainability. [44][45][46][47][48][49] Some explored sustainability-related topics without quantifying emissions, such as investigations of the cost and quality of reusable and single-use ophthalmic instruments 43,[50][51][52] or practices of recycling in eye care. [53][54][55] One study assessed the opinions of New Zealand Review ophthalmologists regarding sustainability.…”

Reuse of single use medical devices in Canada: Clinical and economic outcomes, legal and ethical issues, and current hospital practice

“…From 852 citations in the literature review, 13 articles describing 12 clinical studies met the selection criteria. There were five studies on coronary angioplasty catheters (1;19;21;22;24), three on devices used in laparoscopic surgery (3;6;9), two on sphincterotomes (13,23), and one each on external fixation devices for the management of fractures (7) and on phacoemulsification tips (18). There were two high quality randomized controlled trials (RCTs) (3;24).…”