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Call for the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority to revisit regulations relating to single- use medical devices

J Lazarus, S Maswime, G Fieggen, L L Cairncross, J Irlam, A Reed, S Peters, J J Fagan

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J Lazarus, Professor and Head, Division of Urology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, South Africa

S Maswime, Head and Associate Professor, Global Surgery Division, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, South Africa

G Fieggen, Professor and Chair, Division of Neurosurgery, and Head, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, South Africa

L L Cairncross, Chair and Head, Division of General Surgery, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, South Africa

J Irlam, Division of Environmental Health, School of Public Health and Family Medicine, University of Cape Town; Chair, Climate Energy and Health Special Interest Group, Public Health Association of South Africa

A Reed, Level 2 Head: Anaesthetics, Metro West and New Somerset Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa; Senior Lecturer, Department of Anaesthesia and Perioperative Care, University of Cape Town, South Africa

S Peters, Executive Management, Manager Medical Services, Peri-operative and Critical Care Services, Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa; Honorary Senior Lecturer and Public Health Medicine Specialist, Division of Public Health Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, South Africa

J J Fagan, Professor and Chair, Division of Otolaryngology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, South Africa

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South African Medical Journal 2022;112(4):248.

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Date submitted: 2022-04-01
Date published: 2022-04-01

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