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|Articles|May 14, 2012

Medical Device Reprocessing Challenges: A Q&A with ECRI Institute's Chris Lavanchy

Chris Lavanchy, engineering director of the Health Devices Group at ECRI Institute, has extensive experience working with sterile processing departments and provides his insights regarding the imperatives of proper medical device reprocessing.

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