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    <journal-meta>
      <journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">Arq Bras Cardiol</journal-id>
      <journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">abc</journal-id>
      <journal-title-group>
        <journal-title>Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia</journal-title>
        <abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="publisher">Arq. Bras. Cardiol.</abbrev-journal-title>
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      <issn pub-type="ppub">0066-782X</issn>
      <issn pub-type="epub">1678-4170</issn>
      <publisher>
        <publisher-name>Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia - SBC</publisher-name>
      </publisher>
    </journal-meta>
    <article-meta>
      <article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id" specific-use="scielo-v3">GKxQ97N74r6jTc5XVZjtFnm</article-id>
      <article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id" specific-use="scielo-v2">S0066-782X2017000200169</article-id>
      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.5935/abc.20170010</article-id>
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        <subj-group subj-group-type="heading">
          <subject>Viewpoint</subject>
        </subj-group>
      </article-categories>
      <title-group>
        <article-title>Reprocessing of Medical Products in Electrophysiology</article-title>
      </title-group>
      <contrib-group>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Kuniyoshi</surname>
            <given-names>Ricardo Ryoshim</given-names>
          </name>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/>
          <xref ref-type="corresp" rid="c1"/>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Sternick</surname>
            <given-names>Eduardo Back</given-names>
          </name>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Nadalin</surname>
            <given-names>Elenir</given-names>
          </name>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Hachul</surname>
            <given-names>Denise Tessariol</given-names>
          </name>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/>
        </contrib>
        <aff id="aff1">
          <institution content-type="orgname">Sociedade Brasileira de Arritmias Card&#237;acas</institution>
          <addr-line>
            <named-content content-type="city">S&#227;o Paulo</named-content>
            <named-content content-type="state">SP</named-content>
          </addr-line>
          <country country="BR">Brazil</country>
          <institution content-type="original">Sociedade Brasileira de Arritmias Card&#237;acas, S&#227;o Paulo, SP - Brazil</institution>
        </aff>
      </contrib-group>
      <author-notes>
        <corresp id="c1"><bold>Mailing Address: Ricardo Ryoshim Kuniyoshi</bold>, Rua Alfeu Alves Pereira, 60. Postal Code 29050-285, Enseada do Sua, Vit&#243;ria, ES - Brazil. E-mail: <email>kuniyoshi@cardiol.br</email>, <email>r.r.k@uol.com.br</email>
				</corresp>
        <fn fn-type="con">
          <p>
            <bold>Author contributions</bold>
          </p>
          <p>Conception and design of the research and Critical revision of the manuscript for intellectual content: Kuniyoshi RR, Sternick EB, Nadalin E, Hachul DT; Acquisition of data: Kuniyoshi RR; Analysis and interpretation of the data: Kuniyoshi RR, Sternick EB, Hachul DT; Writing of the manuscript: Kuniyoshi RR, Sternick EB.</p>
        </fn>
        <fn fn-type="conflict">
          <p>
            <bold>Potential Conflict of Interest</bold>
          </p>
          <p>No potential conflict of interest relevant to this article was reported.</p>
        </fn>
      </author-notes>
      <pub-date pub-type="epub-ppub">
        <month>02</month>
        <year>2017</year>
      </pub-date>
      <volume>108</volume>
      <issue>2</issue>
      <fpage>169</fpage>
      <lpage>172</lpage>
      <history>
        <date date-type="received">
          <day>26</day>
          <month>09</month>
          <year>2016</year>
        </date>
        <date date-type="rev-recd">
          <day>11</day>
          <month>10</month>
          <year>2016</year>
        </date>
        <date date-type="accepted">
          <day>27</day>
          <month>10</month>
          <year>2016</year>
        </date>
      </history>
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          <license-p>This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.</license-p>
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      </permissions>
      <kwd-group xml:lang="pt">
        <title>Keywords</title>
        <kwd>Recycling</kwd>
        <kwd>Electrophysiologic Techniques / cardiac</kwd>
        <kwd>Catheter Ablation</kwd>
        <kwd>Cost Savings</kwd>
      </kwd-group>
    </article-meta>
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  <body>
    <p>Electrophysiological procedures use high-cost multipolar electrode catheters which can be reprocessed. The reuse thereof has been performed by electrophysiology services in Europe, United States, Latin America and also in our midst. In fact, prior studies have proved that there is an actual cost decrease<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B1">1</xref><sup>,</sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B2">2</xref> and have also attested to the safety and efficacy of such practice,<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B3">3</xref><sup>-</sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B12">12</xref> observing rates of complication and therapeutic results similar to the ones obtained with first-use electrophysiology devices. The growing concern with sustainability and no waste, associated with the efficacy and safety already demonstrated, increasingly stimulate the practice of reprocessing single-use medical devices throughout the world.</p>
    <p>The American Society of Cardiac Arrhythmias issued a favorable opinion to the reprocessing of electrophysiological devices to the FDA - Food And Drug Adminstration<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B13">13</xref> as did the GAO - Government Accountability Office, a federal oversight entity of the United States.<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B14">14</xref>
		</p>
    <p>In Brazil, the reprocessing of such products was regulated by the National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA), through a Resolution by the Collegiate Board (RDC) 156<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B15">15</xref> and Special Resolution (RE) 2605,<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B16">16</xref> both published in 2006. The RDC 156 establishes that the authorization of reprocessing single-use medical devices, should be at the time of registration in Brazil.<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B15">15</xref> Despite the fact that most of the manufacturers labeled their products as single-use, ANVISA demands the submission of documents that substantiate the reasons for not reprocessing. Once the manufacturer's arguments are proved and accepted, the words "Reprocessing Forbidden" must be included in the label of that certain product. Also, RE 2605<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B16">16</xref> lists 66 materials classified as materials whose reprocessing is invariably forbidden. We stress that said list does not contain any product used in the electrophysiological procedures routine.</p>
    <p>In 2013, ANVISA issued Technical Note No. 001/2013<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B17">17</xref> reiterating the validity of the reprocessing rules published in 2006, in reply to the users' recurrent doubts and demands for clarifications, as per the following excerpt from the resolution: "<italic>demands and questions regarding the correct interpretation to be given to the contents of the labels of product for a single use, available in the market, has become increasingly frequent</italic>". Currently, in spite of this notice, doubts still persist with regard to the understanding of the rules in force. Due to that, we have made a detailed analysis of the labels of materials routinely used here in electrophysiology procedures, with the purpose of assessing possible incongruences that justify misunderstandings and interpretation errors.</p>
    <p>For such analysis, we analyzed the contents of the labels of materials used in electrophysiological procedures, written in Portuguese, available in ANVISA's database <ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.anvisa.gov.br/scriptsweb/correlato/correlato_rotulagem.htm">http://www.anvisa.gov.br/scriptsweb/correlato/correlato_rotulagem.htm</ext-link>. We included labels from 7 manufacturers that registered products intended for electrophysiology with ANVISA. Once the website had been accessed, we typed the name of the manufacturers in field "<italic>Supplier's Name</italic>", obtaining a complete list of medical products each manufacturer. Afterwards, we chose only the labels of the products used in electrophysiological procedures. The labels were then printed out, numbered and grouped according to their similarity with regard to physical characteristics and technical applicability, classified as: 1) fixed-curve diagnostic catheter; 2) deflectable-curve diagnostic catheter; 3) circular catheter or high-density mapping catheter; 4) non-irrigated ablation catheter; 5) irrigated ablation catheter; 6) introducers and sheaths; 7) transseptal needle; and 8) intracardiac echocardiography catheter. Labels and/or records with more than one kind of product were attached more than once, that is, one for each of the products to which they corresponded, according to the applicability and characteristic thereof.</p>
    <p>The products were then classified into 5 groups:</p>
    <p>
      <list list-type="order">
        <list-item>
          <p>G1 - reprocessing permitted;</p>
        </list-item>
        <list-item>
          <p>G2 - reprocessing forbidden;</p>
        </list-item>
        <list-item>
          <p>G3 - irregular condition, for not complying with the labeling recommendations set forth in RDC 156;</p>
        </list-item>
        <list-item>
          <p>G4 - conflicting information; and</p>
        </list-item>
        <list-item>
          <p>G5 - no label in ANVISA's database.</p>
        </list-item>
      </list>
    </p>
    <p>This classification was based on the RDC 156, which recommends that the labels should contain only the words: "Reprocessing Forbidden" or "The manufacturer recommends single use"<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B15">15</xref>. Thus, the products whose labels did not contain the expression "Reprocessing Forbidden" were defined as G1, and they may or may not contain the words "The manufacturer recommends single use". In G2, the products whose labels carried the expression "Reprocessing Forbidden" were included, in spite of the presence of any other word or information. In G3, labels with expressions "Single Use", "Product for Single Use", "Do Not Re-Sterilize", "Discard after using" and "Destroy after using" were included, even if accompanied by expression "The manufacturer recommends single use", given that, pursuant to Technical Note No. 001/2013,<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B17">17</xref> these sentences are considered to not be in conformity with the rules of the regulatory agency. The products that had 2 or more labels, with recommendations differing from one another and/or irregular, were classified as G4. And lastly, the products not in ANVISA's database were classified as G5.</p>
    <p>The products included in G1 and G2 were considered to have their labels in conformity with ANVISA's rules, while those classified as G3, G4 and G5 were considered to not be in conformity.</p>
    <p>For each group of products with the same applicability and characteristic, and whose labels were in conformity with ANVISA (G1 and G2), it was also assessed whether they were uniform with regard to reprocessing prohibition or not.</p>
    <p>Lastly, physical labels were compared by sampling with the labels in ANVISA's database, to assess whether the information contained in both sources matched.</p>
    <p>The labeling research was made from July 25, to August 25, 2016 and identified 121 products used in electrophysiological procedures, registered with ANVISA's database, totaling 116 labels (<xref ref-type="table" rid="t1">Table 1</xref>). Forty-five labels (37.2%) were classified as reprocessing permitted (G1); 41 (33.9%) as reprocessing forbidden (G2); 28 (23.1%) were irregular (G3); 3 (2.5%) had two or more labels with conflicting information (G4) and lastly, four products (3.3%) did not have labels in ANVISA's database (G5). We were then able to note that 86 (71.1%) labels were in conformity, whereas 34 (28.9%) were not in conformity with RDC 156.</p>
    <table-wrap id="t1">
      <label>Table 1</label>
      <caption>
        <title>Labels of medical products grouped according to similarity of characteristics and applicability</title>
      </caption>
      <table frame="hsides" rules="groups">
        <colgroup>
          <col width="14%"/>
          <col width="14%"/>
          <col width="14%"/>
          <col width="14%"/>
          <col width="14%"/>
          <col width="14%"/>
          <col width="14%"/>
        </colgroup>
        <thead>
          <tr>
            <th align="left" rowspan="2">Medical products in<break/> electrophysiology</th>
            <th align="center" colspan="2" style="border-bottom-width:thin;border-bottom-style:solid">In conformity with<break/> RDC 156</th>
            <th align="center" colspan="3" style="border-bottom-width:thin;border-bottom-style:solid">Not in conformity with<break/> RDC 156</th>
            <th align="center" rowspan="2">Total</th>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <th align="center">G1</th>
            <th align="center">G2</th>
            <th align="center">G3</th>
            <th align="center">G4</th>
            <th align="center">G5</th>
          </tr>
        </thead>
        <tbody>
          <tr>
            <td align="left">
						</td>
            <td align="center">1 (20%)</td>
            <td align="center">4 (80%)</td>
            <td align="center">0</td>
            <td align="center">0</td>
            <td align="center">0</td>
            <td align="center">5</td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left">Non-irrigated Ablation Catheter</td>
            <td align="center">7 (36.8%)</td>
            <td align="center">4 (21%)</td>
            <td align="center">7 (36.8%)</td>
            <td align="center">1 (5.3%)</td>
            <td align="center">0</td>
            <td align="center">19</td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left">Irrigated ablation catheter</td>
            <td align="center">9 (33.3%)</td>
            <td align="center">15 (55.5%)</td>
            <td align="center">3 (11.1%)</td>
            <td align="center">0</td>
            <td align="center">0</td>
            <td align="center">27</td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left">Deflectable-curve diagnostic catheter</td>
            <td align="center">9 (50%)</td>
            <td align="center">4 (22.2%)</td>
            <td align="center">3 (16.7%)</td>
            <td align="center">1 (5.5%)</td>
            <td align="center">1 (5.5%)</td>
            <td align="center">18</td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left">Fixed-curve diagnostic catheter</td>
            <td align="center">2 (22.2%)</td>
            <td align="center">4 (44.4%)</td>
            <td align="center">1 (11.1%)</td>
            <td align="center">1 (11.1%)</td>
            <td align="center">1 (11.1%)</td>
            <td align="center">9</td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left">High-density mapping circular catheter</td>
            <td align="center">7 (58.3%)</td>
            <td align="center">2 (16.7%)</td>
            <td align="center">2 (16.7%)</td>
            <td align="center">0</td>
            <td align="center">1 (8.3%)</td>
            <td align="center">12</td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left">Introducers and sheaths</td>
            <td align="center">4 (16%)</td>
            <td align="center">8 (32%)</td>
            <td align="center">12 (48%)</td>
            <td align="center">0</td>
            <td align="center">1 (4%)</td>
            <td align="center">25</td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left">Intracardiac echocardiography catheter</td>
            <td align="center">6 (100%)</td>
            <td align="center">0</td>
            <td align="center">0</td>
            <td align="center">0</td>
            <td align="center">0</td>
            <td align="center">6</td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left">Total</td>
            <td align="center">45 (37.1%)</td>
            <td align="center">41 (33.9%)</td>
            <td align="center">28 (23.1%)</td>
            <td align="center">3 (2.5%)</td>
            <td align="center">4 (3.3%)</td>
            <td align="center">121 (100%)</td>
          </tr>
        </tbody>
      </table>
      <table-wrap-foot>
        <fn id="TFN1">
          <p>G1: reprocessing permitted; G2: reprocessing forbidden; G3: irregular in relation to the recommendations in RDC 156; G4: conflicting information; G5: labels absent from ANVISA&#8217;s database.</p>
        </fn>
      </table-wrap-foot>
    </table-wrap>
    <p>The analysis of sub-groups of products with similar characteristics and the same applicability, included in G1 and G2 (labels in conformity with RDC 156), showed that only the intracardiac echocardiography catheter was uniform with regard to the reprocessing recommendations. In this specific case, all six existing types had in their labels the words "The manufacturer recommends single use", which characterizes, therefore, a reprocessing permission. Other products did not have parity in the contents of their labels (<xref ref-type="table" rid="t1">Table 1</xref>).</p>
    <p>Three products were classified as G4, of which one was a fixed-curve diagnostic catheter, one was a deflectable-curve diagnostic catheter and another a non-irrigated ablation catheter with bidirectional curve, all of which were from different manufacturers. The three products had more than one label catalogued in ANVISA's database, under the same registration number and with different recommendations. For the fixed-curve diagnostic catheter (ANVISA registration 10192030102), three labels were found, with the following information: "Reprocessing Forbidden", "The manufacturer recommends single use" and "Product for Single Use", which, pursuant to the RDC 156, mean, respectively, reprocessing forbidden, reprocessing allowed and irregular information. The deflectable-curve diagnostic catheter (ANVISA registration 10341350368) and the ablation catheter (ANIVISA registration 10332340206), for their turn, had two labels, with the following words: "Reprocessing Forbidden" and "The manufacturer recommends single use", which are contradictory instructions.</p>
    <p>Lastly, nine physical labels of products used in electrophysiology (<xref ref-type="table" rid="t2">Table 2</xref>) were analyzed. In six of them, no reprocessing information was found. Upon assessing these six labels in ANVISA's database, we were able to ascertain that one of them contained the expression "The manufacturer recommends single use"; three of them contained the words "Reprocessing Forbidden", and in the other one, the information was not in conformity with RDC 156. In addition, one product (transseptal introducer sheath, registered with ANVISA under No. 10332340208) did not have a label in ANVISA's database.</p>
    <table-wrap id="t2">
      <label>Table 2</label>
      <caption>
        <title>Comparative analysis of physical labels vs. labels in ANVISA&#8217;s database</title>
      </caption>
      <table frame="hsides" rules="groups">
        <colgroup>
          <col width="25%"/>
          <col width="25%"/>
          <col width="25%"/>
          <col width="25%"/>
        </colgroup>
        <thead>
          <tr>
            <th align="left">Product</th>
            <th align="center">ANVISA Registration</th>
            <th align="center">Physical Label</th>
            <th align="center">Label in the Website</th>
          </tr>
        </thead>
        <tbody>
          <tr>
            <td align="left">Non-irrigated Ablation Catheter</td>
            <td align="center">10332340098</td>
            <td align="center">The manufacturer recommends single-use</td>
            <td align="center">The manufacturer recommends single-use</td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left">Deflectable Diagnostic Catheter</td>
            <td align="center">10332340161</td>
            <td align="center">The manufacturer recommends single use</td>
            <td align="center">The manufacturer recommends single use</td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left">Circular Catheter</td>
            <td align="center">10332340332</td>
            <td align="center">No expression</td>
            <td align="center">Product for a single use</td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left">Irrigated Ablation Catheter</td>
            <td align="center">10332340361</td>
            <td align="center">No expression</td>
            <td align="center">The manufacturer recommends single use</td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left">Deflectable introducer</td>
            <td align="center">10332340207</td>
            <td align="center">No expression</td>
            <td align="center">Product for a single use Reprocessing forbidden Destroy after using</td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left">Non-irrigated Ablation Catheter</td>
            <td align="center">10332340226</td>
            <td align="center">The manufacturer recommends single use</td>
            <td align="center">The manufacturer recommends single use</td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left">Transseptal Needle</td>
            <td align="center">10332340151</td>
            <td align="center">No expression</td>
            <td align="center">Product for a single use Reprocessing forbidden Destroy after using</td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left">Hemostatic Introducer</td>
            <td align="center">10332340107</td>
            <td align="center">No expression</td>
            <td align="center">Product for a single use Reprocessing forbidden Destroy after using</td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left">Transseptal Introducer</td>
            <td align="center">10332340208</td>
            <td align="center">No expression</td>
            <td align="center">Not found</td>
          </tr>
        </tbody>
      </table>
    </table-wrap>
    <p>As we were able to note in this analysis, in spite of the fact that the reprocessing of materials used in electrophysiological procedures is allowed and regulated by ANVISA, there are important incongruences in the labels, in a number of products that is not trifling, which may generate mistaken interpretations by the users, and consequently the improper reprocessing of said materials.</p>
    <p>The contents of 34 labels (28.9%) from ANVISA's database, which are not in conformity with RDC 156, require urgent adaptation.</p>
    <p>We consider it to be extremely important for this information, defined upon the registration of the product, to be clear and irrefutable, thus making sure a quick and correct indentification of medical products with regard to the use thereof. In this regard, the labels should contain a single expression, clearly defining the situation of each medical product: "reprocessing forbidden" or "reprocessing allowed". We are also of the opinion that the criteria used to classify the product must be standardized and ensure the equity of information contained in the physical labels and in ANVISA's database.</p>
    <p>Also, it is our opinion that the technical information submitted to ANVISA by the manufacturers, in justification of the prohibition of reprocessing a certain product, upon the registration thereof, must be accessible to the users for them to be aware of it.</p>
    <p>For these reasons, the Brazilian Society of Cardiac Arrhythmias (SOBRAC) met with the suppliers of electrophysiological products available in the domestic market and suggested an immediate review of the information contained in the labels, so as to adapt them to ANVISA's standards and make the information unequivocal.</p>
    <p>In summary, after the conduction of this research, it was possible to reach the following conclusions and suggestions:</p>
    <p>
      <list list-type="order">
        <list-item>
          <p>The reprocessing and reuse of medical products in electrophysiology is permitted in Brazil and regulated by ANVISA, through RDC 156;</p>
        </list-item>
        <list-item>
          <p>A thorough analysis of the labels found inconsistencies that could entail misinterpretations and improper decisions by the users with regard to the compliance with RDC 156, even if unintentional.</p>
        </list-item>
        <list-item>
          <p>In the current scenario, while these incongruences are not rectified, it is necessary for the healthcare services that reprocess such products to make a stringent and systematic assessment of both product labels: the physical one and the one in ANVISA's database, with the purpose of identifying the ones that are not in conformity with the RDC 156, as well as those that contain differing instructions, thus avoiding mistakes in the compliance with ANVISA's orders.</p>
        </list-item>
      </list>
    </p>
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  <back>
    <fn-group>
      <fn fn-type="supported-by">
        <p>
          <bold>Sources of Funding</bold>
        </p>
        <p>There were no external funding sources for this study.</p>
      </fn>
      <fn fn-type="other">
        <p>
          <bold>Study Association</bold>
        </p>
        <p>This study is not associated with any thesis or dissertation work.</p>
      </fn>
    </fn-group>
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        <corresp id="c2"><bold>Correspond&#234;ncia: Ricardo Ryoshim Kuniyoshi</bold>, Rua Alfeu Alves Pereira, 60. CEP 29050-285, Enseada do Sua, Vit&#243;ria, ES - Brasil. E-mail: <email>kuniyoshi@cardiol.br</email>, <email>r.r.k@uol.com.br</email>
				</corresp>
        <fn fn-type="con">
          <p>
            <bold>Contribui&#231;&#227;o dos autores</bold>
          </p>
          <p>Concep&#231;&#227;o e desenho da pesquisa e Revis&#227;o cr&#237;tica do manuscrito quanto ao conte&#250;do intelectual importante: Kuniyoshi RR, Sternick EB, Nadalin E, Hachul DT; Obten&#231;&#227;o de dados: Kuniyoshi RR; An&#225;lise e interpreta&#231;&#227;o dos dados: Kuniyoshi RR, Sternick EB, Hachul DT; Reda&#231;&#227;o do manuscrito: Kuniyoshi RR, Sternick EB.</p>
        </fn>
        <fn fn-type="conflict">
          <p>
            <bold>Potencial conflito de interesse</bold>
          </p>
          <p>Declaro n&#227;o haver conflito de interesses pertinentes.</p>
        </fn>
      </author-notes>
      <kwd-group xml:lang="pt">
        <title>Palavras-chave</title>
        <kwd>Reciclagem</kwd>
        <kwd>T&#233;cnicas Eletrofisiol&#243;gicas Card&#237;acas</kwd>
        <kwd>Abla&#231;&#227;o por Cateter</kwd>
        <kwd>Redu&#231;&#227;o de Custos</kwd>
      </kwd-group>
    </front-stub>
    <body>
      <p>Os procedimentos eletrofisiol&#243;gicos invasivos utilizam cateteres multipolares manufaturados de alto custo, pass&#237;veis de reprocessamento. A sua reutiliza&#231;&#227;o ou re&#250;so tem sido realizada em centros da Europa, Estados Unidos, Am&#233;rica Latina e tamb&#233;m em nosso meio. De fato, estudos pr&#233;vios comprovaram uma efetiva redu&#231;&#227;o de custos<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B1">1</xref><sup>,</sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B2">2</xref> e tamb&#233;m atestaram a seguran&#231;a e efic&#225;cia desta pr&#225;tica,<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B3">3</xref><sup>-</sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B12">12</xref> observando taxas de complica&#231;&#245;es e resultados terap&#234;uticos semelhantes aos obtidos com materiais de primeiro uso. A crescente preocupa&#231;&#227;o com a sustentabilidade e o n&#227;o desperd&#237;cio, associados &#224; efic&#225;cia e seguran&#231;a j&#225; demonstradas, estimulam cada vez mais o exerc&#237;cio do reprocessamento de materiais ao redor do mundo.</p>
      <p>A Sociedade Americana de Arritmias Card&#237;acas emitiu parecer favor&#225;vel ao reprocessamento de materiais eletrofisol&#243;gicos ao FDA - Food And Drug Adminstration<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B13">13</xref> assim como o <italic>GAO</italic> - <italic>Government Accountability Office,</italic> entidade de fiscaliza&#231;&#227;o federal dos Estados Unidos.<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B14">14</xref>
			</p>
      <p>No Brasil, o reprocessamento desses materiais foi regulamentado pela Ag&#234;ncia Nacional de Vigil&#226;ncia Sanit&#225;ria (ANVISA) por meio da Resolu&#231;&#227;o da Diretoria Colegiada (RDC) 156<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B15">15</xref> e Resolu&#231;&#227;o Especial (RE) 2605,<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B16">16</xref> ambas publicadas em 2006. A primeira regula a autoriza&#231;&#227;o para o reprocessamento de materiais, determinando que este enquadramento seja feito no momento do seu registro para uso no Brasil.<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B15">15</xref> A despeito da maioria dos fabricantes recomendar que esses materiais sejam de uso &#250;nico, a ANVISA exige que sejam apresentados documentos que fundamentem os motivos para o n&#227;o reprocessamento. Uma vez comprovada e aceita a argumenta&#231;&#227;o do fabricante, os dizeres "Proibido Reprocessar" devem ser inclu&#237;dos no r&#243;tulo daquele determinado produto. A RE 2605<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B16">16</xref> enumera, ainda, uma lista de 66 materiais enquadrados como de reprocessamento invariavelmente proibido, sendo, nesses casos, desnecess&#225;ria a consulta ao r&#243;tulo do produto. Ressalta-se que, nesta lista, n&#227;o consta nenhum produto utilizado na rotina de procedimentos eletrofisiol&#243;gicos.</p>
      <p>Em 2013, a ANVISA emitiu uma Nota T&#233;cnica - n&#176; 001/2013<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B17">17</xref> reiterando a validade das regras de reprocessamento publicadas em 2006, em resposta &#224;s d&#250;vidas recorrentes e demandas dos usu&#225;rios por esclarecimentos, conforme o seguinte trecho da resolu&#231;&#227;o "<italic>tem sido</italic>
				<italic>cada vez mais frequente a demanda de questionamentos sobre a correta interpreta&#231;&#227;o a ser dada ao conte&#250;do dos r&#243;tulos de produtos para uso &#250;nico dispon&#237;veis no mercado</italic>". Atualmente, a despeito desse comunicado, d&#250;vidas ainda persistem no entendimento das normas vigentes. Por esse motivo, fizemos uma an&#225;lise detalhada dos r&#243;tulos de materiais utilizados rotineiramente na eletrofisiologia em nosso meio, com o intuito de avaliar poss&#237;veis incongru&#234;ncias que justifiquem mal-entendidos e erros de interpreta&#231;&#227;o.</p>
      <p>Para tal an&#225;lise, aferimos os conte&#250;dos dos r&#243;tulos de materiais utilizados nos procedimentos eletrofisiol&#243;gicos, escritos em l&#237;ngua portuguesa, dispon&#237;veis no banco de dados da ANVISA no endere&#231;o eletr&#244;nico: <ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.anvisa.gov.br/scriptsweb/correlato/correlato_rotulagem.htm">http://www.anvisa.gov.br/scriptsweb/correlato/correlato_rotulagem.htm</ext-link>. Inclu&#237;ram-se r&#243;tulos de 7 fabricantes que registraram produtos voltados &#224; eletrofisiologia junto &#224; ANVISA. Uma vez acessado o <italic>website</italic>, digitou-se o nome dos fabricantes no campo "<italic>Nome do Fornecedor</italic>" obtendo-se a lista completa dos produtos de cada um dos fornecedores. A seguir, selecionaram-se apenas os r&#243;tulos dos produtos utilizados em procedimentos eletrofisiol&#243;gicos. Os r&#243;tulos foram ent&#227;o impressos, numerados e agrupados de acordo com a sua similaridade em caracter&#237;sticas f&#237;sicas e aplicabilidade t&#233;cnica, sendo classificados como: 1) cateter diagn&#243;stico curva fixa; 2) cateter diagn&#243;stico curva deflect&#237;vel; 3) cateter circular ou mapeamento de alta densidade; 4) cateter de abla&#231;&#227;o com ponta seca; 5) cateter de abla&#231;&#227;o com ponta irrigada; 6) introdutores e bainhas; 7) agulha transeptal e 8) sonda para ecocardiograma intracard&#237;aco. R&#243;tulos e/ou registros que englobavam mais de um tipo de produto foram anexados mais de uma vez, ou seja, uma para cada um dos produtos aos quais correspondiam, de acordo com sua aplicabilidade e caracter&#237;stica.</p>
      <p>Os produtos foram ent&#227;o classificados em 5 grupos:</p>
      <p>
        <list list-type="order">
          <list-item>
            <p>G1 - de reprocessamento permitido;</p>
          </list-item>
          <list-item>
            <p>G2 - de reprocessamento proibido;</p>
          </list-item>
          <list-item>
            <p>G3 - condi&#231;&#227;o irregular, por n&#227;o atender as recomenda&#231;&#245;es de rotulagem constantes na RDC 156;</p>
          </list-item>
          <list-item>
            <p>G4 - informa&#231;&#245;es conflituosas; e</p>
          </list-item>
          <list-item>
            <p>G5 - aus&#234;ncia de r&#243;tulos no banco de dados da ANVISA.</p>
          </list-item>
        </list>
      </p>
      <p>Essa classifica&#231;&#227;o baseou-se na RDC 156, a qual recomenda que os r&#243;tulos contenham apenas os dizeres "Proibido Reprocessar" ou "O Fabricante Recomenda Uso &#218;nico".<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B15">15</xref> Assim, definiram-se como G1 os produtos cujos r&#243;tulos n&#227;o apresentavam a express&#227;o "Proibido Reprocessar", podendo ou n&#227;o conter os dizeres "O Fabricante Recomenda Uso &#218;nico". No G2 inclu&#237;ram-se produtos cuja rotulagem apresentasse a express&#227;o "Proibido Reprocessar", a despeito da presen&#231;a de qualquer outro dizer ou informa&#231;&#227;o. No G3 inclu&#237;ram-se r&#243;tulos que apresentavam as express&#245;es "Uso &#218;nico", "Produto de Uso &#218;nico", "N&#227;o Re-esterilizar", "Descartar ap&#243;s o uso" e "Destruir ap&#243;s o uso," mesmo que acompanhadas da express&#227;o "O Fabricante Recomenda Uso &#218;nico", uma vez que, conforme Nota T&#233;cnica 001/2013,<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B17">17</xref> essas frases s&#227;o consideradas em n&#227;o conformidade com as normas da ag&#234;ncia reguladora. Foram classificados como G4 os produtos que apresentavam 2 ou mais r&#243;tulos, com recomenda&#231;&#245;es divergentes entre si e/ou irregulares. E, finalmente, foram classificados como G5, os produtos ausentes no banco de dados da ANVISA.</p>
      <p>Os produtos inseridos em G1 e G2 foram considerados como tendo rotulagem em conformidade com as regras da ANVISA, enquanto os classificados como G3, G4 e G5 foram considerados como em n&#227;o conformidade.</p>
      <p>Avaliou-se, tamb&#233;m, em cada grupo de produtos com mesma aplicabilidade e caracter&#237;stica e que tinham rotulagem em conformidade com a ANVISA (G1 e G2), se havia uniformidade quanto &#224; proibi&#231;&#227;o ou n&#227;o ao reprocessamento.</p>
      <p>Finalmente, compararam-se por amostragem r&#243;tulos f&#237;sicos com os r&#243;tulos do banco de dados da ANVISA, para avaliar se as informa&#231;&#245;es contidas em ambas as fontes eram coincidentes.</p>
      <p>A pesquisa de rotulagem foi realizada de 25 de julho a 25 de agosto de 2016 e identificou 121 produtos utilizados em procedimentos eletrofisiol&#243;gicos, registrados no banco de dados da ANVISA em um total de 116 r&#243;tulos (<xref ref-type="table" rid="t3">Tabela 1</xref>). Quarenta e cinco r&#243;tulos (37,2%) foram classificados como de reprocessamento permitido (G1); 41 (33,9%) como de reprocessamento proibido (G2); 28 (23,1%) estavam irregulares (G3); 3 (2,5%) possu&#237;am dois ou mais r&#243;tulos e com informa&#231;&#245;es conflituosas (G4) e, finalmente, quatro produtos (3,3%) n&#227;o tinham r&#243;tulos no banco de dados da ANVISA (G5). P&#244;de-se ent&#227;o observar que 86 (71,1%) r&#243;tulos estavam em conformidade enquanto 34 (28,9%) estavam em n&#227;o conformidade com a RDC 156.</p>
      <table-wrap id="t3">
        <label>Tabela 1</label>
        <caption>
          <title>R&#243;tulos de produtos m&#233;dicos agrupados de acordo com a similaridade em caracter&#237;sticas e aplicabilidade</title>
        </caption>
        <table frame="hsides" rules="groups">
          <colgroup>
            <col width="14%"/>
            <col width="14%"/>
            <col width="14%"/>
            <col width="14%"/>
            <col width="14%"/>
            <col width="14%"/>
            <col width="14%"/>
          </colgroup>
          <thead>
            <tr>
              <th align="left" rowspan="2">Produtos m&#233;dicos em<break/> eletrofisiologia</th>
              <th align="center" colspan="2" style="border-bottom-width:thin;border-bottom-style:solid">Em conformidade com<break/> a RDC 156</th>
              <th align="center" colspan="3" style="border-bottom-width:thin;border-bottom-style:solid">Em n&#227;o conformidade com<break/> a RDC 156</th>
              <th align="center" rowspan="2">Total</th>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <th align="center">G1</th>
              <th align="center">G2</th>
              <th align="center">G3</th>
              <th align="center">G4</th>
              <th align="center">G5</th>
            </tr>
          </thead>
          <tbody>
            <tr>
              <td align="left">
							</td>
              <td align="center">1 (20%)</td>
              <td align="center">4 (80%)</td>
              <td align="center">0</td>
              <td align="center">0</td>
              <td align="center">0</td>
              <td align="center">5</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left">Cateter de abla&#231;&#227;o ponta seca</td>
              <td align="center">7 (36,8%)</td>
              <td align="center">4 (21%)</td>
              <td align="center">7 (36,8%)</td>
              <td align="center">1 (5,3%)</td>
              <td align="center">0</td>
              <td align="center">19</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left">Cateter de abla&#231;&#227;o ponta irrigada</td>
              <td align="center">9 (33,3%)</td>
              <td align="center">15 (55,5%)</td>
              <td align="center">3 (11,1%)</td>
              <td align="center">0</td>
              <td align="center">0</td>
              <td align="center">27</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left">Cateter diagn&#243;stico curva deflect&#237;vel</td>
              <td align="center">9 (50%)</td>
              <td align="center">4 (22,2%)</td>
              <td align="center">3 (16,7%)</td>
              <td align="center">1 (5,5%)</td>
              <td align="center">1 (5,5%)</td>
              <td align="center">18</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left">Cateter diagn&#243;stico curva fixa</td>
              <td align="center">2 (22,2%)</td>
              <td align="center">4 (44,4%)</td>
              <td align="center">1 (11,1%)</td>
              <td align="center">1 (11,1%)</td>
              <td align="center">1 (11,1%)</td>
              <td align="center">9</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left">Cateter circular, mapeamento de alta densidade</td>
              <td align="center">7 (58,3%)</td>
              <td align="center">2 (16,7%)</td>
              <td align="center">2 (16,7%)</td>
              <td align="center">0</td>
              <td align="center">1 (8,3%)</td>
              <td align="center">12</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left">Introdutores e bainhas</td>
              <td align="center">4 (16%)</td>
              <td align="center">8 (32%)</td>
              <td align="center">12 (48%)</td>
              <td align="center">0</td>
              <td align="center">1 (4%)</td>
              <td align="center">25</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left">Sonda de eco intracard&#237;aco</td>
              <td align="center">6 (100%)</td>
              <td align="center">0</td>
              <td align="center">0</td>
              <td align="center">0</td>
              <td align="center">0</td>
              <td align="center">6</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left">Total</td>
              <td align="center">45 (37,1%)</td>
              <td align="center">41 (33,9%)</td>
              <td align="center">28 (23,1%)</td>
              <td align="center">3 (2,5%)</td>
              <td align="center">4 (3,3%)</td>
              <td align="center">121 (100%)</td>
            </tr>
          </tbody>
        </table>
        <table-wrap-foot>
          <fn id="TFN2">
            <p>G1: reprocessamento permitido; G2: reprocessamento proibido; G3: irregular com as recomenda&#231;&#245;es da RDC 156; G4: informa&#231;&#245;es conflitantes; G5: r&#243;tulos ausentes no banco de dados da ANVISA.</p>
          </fn>
        </table-wrap-foot>
      </table-wrap>
      <p>A an&#225;lise de subgrupos de produtos com caracter&#237;sticas semelhantes e mesma aplicabilidade inclu&#237;dos em G1 e G2 (r&#243;tulos em conformidade com a RDC 156), demonstrou que apenas para a sonda de ecocardiograma intracard&#237;aco havia uniformidade nas recomenda&#231;&#245;es quanto ao reprocessamento. Nesse caso espec&#237;fico, todos os seis tipos existentes apresentavam em seus r&#243;tulos apenas os dizeres "O fabricante recomenda uso &#250;nico", caracterizando, portanto, permiss&#227;o ao reprocessamento. Os demais produtos n&#227;o apresentaram paridade no conte&#250;do de seus r&#243;tulos. (<xref ref-type="table" rid="t3">Tabela 1</xref>).</p>
      <p>Tr&#234;s produtos foram classificados como G4 sendo um cateter diagn&#243;stico de curva fixa, um cateter diagn&#243;stico com curva deflect&#237;vel e outro cateter de abla&#231;&#227;o com ponta seca e curva bidirecional, sendo todos de fabricantes distintos. Os tr&#234;s produtos apresentavam mais de um r&#243;tulo catalogado no banco de dados da ANVISA, sob um mesmo n&#250;mero de registro e com recomenda&#231;&#245;es diferentes. Para o cateter diagn&#243;stico de curva fixa (registro ANVISA 10192030102), foram encontrados tr&#234;s r&#243;tulos com as seguintes informa&#231;&#245;es "Proibido Reprocessar", "O Fabricante Recomenda o Uso &#218;nico" e "Produto de Uso &#218;nico" que, segundo a RDC 156, significam, respectivamente, proibido reprocessar, permitido reprocessar e informa&#231;&#227;o irregular. J&#225; o cateter diagn&#243;stico de curva deflect&#237;vel (registro ANVISA 10341350368) e o de abla&#231;&#227;o (registro ANIVISA 10332340206) apresentavam r&#243;tulos em duplicidade e com dizeres "Proibido Reprocessar" e "O Fabricante Recomenda o Uso &#218;nico"que s&#227;o orienta&#231;&#245;es antag&#244;nicas.</p>
      <p>Analisaram-se, por fim, nove r&#243;tulos f&#237;sicos de produtos utilizados em eletrofisiologia (<xref ref-type="table" rid="t4">Tabela 2</xref>). Em seis deles, n&#227;o se encontrou nenhuma informa&#231;&#227;o relacionada ao reprocessamento. Ao se avaliar esses seis r&#243;tulos no banco de dados da ANVISA, se p&#244;de constatar que em um deles havia as inscri&#231;&#245;es "O Fabricante Recomenda o Uso &#218;nico"; em tr&#234;s, "Proibido Reprocessar", em outro, as informa&#231;&#245;es estavam em n&#227;o conformidade com a RDC 156, al&#233;m de um produto (introdutor longo para acesso transeptal com registro ANVISA 10332340208) n&#227;o possuir r&#243;tulo no banco de dados da ANVISA.</p>
      <table-wrap id="t4">
        <label>Tabela 2</label>
        <caption>
          <title>An&#225;lise comparativa de r&#243;tulos f&#237;sicos vs. r&#243;tulos do banco de dados da ANVISA</title>
        </caption>
        <table frame="hsides" rules="groups">
          <colgroup>
            <col width="25%"/>
            <col width="25%"/>
            <col width="25%"/>
            <col width="25%"/>
          </colgroup>
          <thead>
            <tr>
              <th align="left">Produto</th>
              <th align="center">Registro ANVISA</th>
              <th align="center">R&#243;tulo F&#237;sico</th>
              <th align="center">R&#243;tulo no "Website"</th>
            </tr>
          </thead>
          <tbody>
            <tr>
              <td align="left">Cateter de Abla&#231;&#227;o Ponta Seca</td>
              <td align="center">10332340098</td>
              <td align="center">O fabricante recomenda uso &#250;nico</td>
              <td align="center">O fabricante recomenda uso &#250;nico</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left">Cateter Diagn&#243;stico Deflect&#237;vel</td>
              <td align="center">10332340161</td>
              <td align="center">O fabricante recomenda uso &#250;nico</td>
              <td align="center">O fabricante recomenda uso &#250;nico</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left">Cateter Circular</td>
              <td align="center">10332340332</td>
              <td align="center">Nenhuma express&#227;o</td>
              <td align="center">Produto de uso &#250;nico</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left">Cateter de Abla&#231;&#227;o Ponta Irrigada</td>
              <td align="center">10332340361</td>
              <td align="center">Nenhuma express&#227;o</td>
              <td align="center">O fabricante recomenda uso &#250;nico</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left">Introdutor Deflect&#237;vel</td>
              <td align="center">10332340207</td>
              <td align="center">Nenhuma express&#227;o</td>
              <td align="center">Produto de uso &#250;nico Proibido reprocessar Destruir ap&#243;s o uso</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left">Cateter de Abla&#231;&#227;o Ponta Seca</td>
              <td align="center">10332340226</td>
              <td align="center">O fabricante recomenda uso &#250;nico</td>
              <td align="center">O fabricante recomenda uso &#250;nico</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left">Agulha Transeptal</td>
              <td align="center">10332340151</td>
              <td align="center">Nenhuma express&#227;o</td>
              <td align="center">Produto de uso &#250;nico Proibido reprocessar Destruir ap&#243;s o uso</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left">Introdutor Hemost&#225;tico</td>
              <td align="center">10332340107</td>
              <td align="center">Nenhuma express&#227;o</td>
              <td align="center">Produto de uso &#250;nico Proibido reprocessar Destruir ap&#243;s o uso</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left">Introdutor Transeptal</td>
              <td align="center">10332340208</td>
              <td align="center">Nenhuma express&#227;o</td>
              <td align="center">N&#227;o encontrado</td>
            </tr>
          </tbody>
        </table>
      </table-wrap>
      <p>Como pudemos observar nessa an&#225;lise, apesar de o reprocessamento de materiais utilizados em procedimentos eletrofisiol&#243;gicos ser permitido e regulamentado pela ANVISA, h&#225; incongru&#234;ncias importantes nas rotulagens em uma propor&#231;&#227;o n&#227;o desprez&#237;vel de produtos, o que pode gerar interpreta&#231;&#245;es equivocadas por parte dos usu&#225;rios e, consequentemente, o reprocessamento indevido desses materiais.</p>
      <p>Os conte&#250;dos de 34 r&#243;tulos (28,9%) do banco de dados da ANVISA que n&#227;o se encontram em conformidade com a RDC 156, precisam de urgente readequa&#231;&#227;o.</p>
      <p>Consideramos de suma import&#226;ncia que essas informa&#231;&#245;es, definidas na ocasi&#227;o do registro do produto, sejam claras e irrefut&#225;veis, garantindo, assim, a r&#225;pida e correta identifica&#231;&#227;o de produtos m&#233;dicos quanto ao seu re&#250;so. Nesse sentido, os r&#243;tulos deveriam conter uma &#250;nica express&#227;o definindo claramente a situa&#231;&#227;o de cada produto m&#233;dico: "proibido reprocessar" ou "permitido reprocessar". Julgamos tamb&#233;m que os crit&#233;rios utilizados para o enquadramento do produto sejam padronizados e garantam a equidade de informa&#231;&#245;es contidas nos r&#243;tulos f&#237;sicos e no banco de dados da ANVISA.</p>
      <p>Tamb&#233;m &#233; nossa opini&#227;o que as informa&#231;&#245;es t&#233;cnicas apresentadas &#224; ANVISA pelos fabricantes, justificando a proibi&#231;&#227;o do reprocessamento de um determinado produto por ocasi&#227;o do seu registro, deveriam ser acess&#237;veis para ci&#234;ncia dos usu&#225;rios.</p>
      <p>Por essas raz&#245;es, a Sociedade Brasileira de Arritmias Card&#237;acas (SOBRAC) reuniu-se com os fornecedores de materiais eletrofisiol&#243;gicos dispon&#237;veis no mercado nacional e sugeriu uma revis&#227;o imediata das informa&#231;&#245;es contidas nos r&#243;tulos, a fim de adequ&#225;-las &#224;s normas da ANVISA e tornar a informa&#231;&#227;o inequ&#237;voca.</p>
      <p>Em suma, ap&#243;s a realiza&#231;&#227;o desta pesquisa, foi poss&#237;vel chegar &#224;s seguintes conclus&#245;es e sugest&#245;es:</p>
      <p>
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          <list-item>
            <p>O reprocessamento e re&#250;so de produtos m&#233;dicos em eletrofisiologia &#233; permitido no Brasil e regulado pela ANVISA por meio da RDC 156;</p>
          </list-item>
          <list-item>
            <p>A an&#225;lise criteriosa das rotulagens constatou incongru&#234;ncias que podem gerar interpreta&#231;&#245;es equivocadas e decis&#245;es indevidas aos usu&#225;rios quanto ao cumprimento da RDC 156, mesmo que de forma n&#227;o intencional.</p>
          </list-item>
          <list-item>
            <p>No cen&#225;rio atual, enquanto essas incongru&#234;ncias n&#227;o forem retificadas, &#233; necess&#225;rio que os servi&#231;os de sa&#250;de que praticam o reprocessamento desses produtos fa&#231;am uma rigorosa e sistem&#225;tica avalia&#231;&#227;o de ambas as rotulagens dos produtos, a f&#237;sica e a do banco de dados da ANVISA, com o objetivo de identificarem aqueles que est&#227;o em n&#227;o conformidade com a RDC 156, bem como aqueles que contenham orienta&#231;&#245;es divergentes, evitando, assim, equ&#237;vocos no cumprimento das determina&#231;&#245;es da ANVISA.</p>
          </list-item>
        </list>
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            <bold>Fontes de financiamento</bold>
          </p>
          <p>O presente estudo n&#227;o teve fontes de financiamento externas.</p>
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            <bold>Vincula&#231;&#227;o acad&#234;mica</bold>
          </p>
          <p>N&#227;o h&#225; vincula&#231;&#227;o deste estudo a programas de p&#243;s-gradua&#231;&#227;o.</p>
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