Product Manual

On the basis of the largest multicentric evaluation of suture and needle products
reported, suture and needle products made by Covidien (formerly Tyco
Healthcare Group LP, Norwalk, CT) received an extremely high acceptability
rating by the surgeons.
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In this multicentric evaluation of suture and needle
products conducted by Consorta, Inc. (Rolling Meadows, IL), 42 shareholder
hospitals enrolled 1913 surgeons to participate in this nonexperimental
observational study of the clinical performance of 25,545 suture and needle
products. Performance characteristics of the suture and needle products
produced by Covidien were judged by clinically acceptable and nonacceptable
ratings. Of these suture and needle products, the surgeons found that 98.1% had
clinical acceptable ratings for the 25,545 suture and needle products evaluated.
While the study coordinated by Consortia Inc. provides important guidelines
for judging the clinical acceptability of suture and needle products in a hospital
setting, this rigorous suture and needle performance evaluation confirms the
high level of performance of the suture and needle products made by Covidien.
XI. selection of suture and needle products
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