Key result
While some organizations support donating explanted pacemakers to underserved nations, regulatory and professional bodies advocate returning them to manufacturers to ensure device reliability and safety.
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Editorial
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Highlights the conflict between the charitable reuse of explanted pacemakers in underserved nations and regulatory recommendations to return them for safety and reliability tracking.
Highlights the conflict between the charitable reuse of explanted pacemakers in underserved nations and regulatory recommendations to return them for safety and reliability tracking.
Robert Stanyon (2010) conducted an editorial in Pacemaker reuse. Donation of explanted pacemakers for reuse vs. Return to manufacturer was evaluated. While some organizations support donating explanted pacemakers to underserved nations, regulatory and professional bodies advocate returning them to manufacturers to ensure device reliability and safety.
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