A Study and dashboard on reprocessing and reuse of single-use-devices in the EU

The European Commission’s Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety (DG SANTE) - through the European Health and Digital Executive Agency (HaDEA) - commissioned a “Study on the implementation of Article 17 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 on medical devices on the EU market”..

The study started in December 2022 and was performed over 14 months. It was contracted to a consortium led by the Austrian National Public Health Institute (Gesundheit Österreich GmbH/GÖG), in collaboration with Civic Consulting, S&P Global and Areté. The study main objective is to evaluate how the provisions established in the MDR have been implemented in European countries and how such provisions operate.

In the context of the study, a dashboard has been developed. The dashboard presents an overview of the mapping activities within the study regarding the reprocessing and reuse of single-use-devices in the EU.