It recommended a pilot scheme to see how single-use instruments would work in practice.
Retailers must now charge shoppers at least five pence for each new single-use carrier bag.
Derriford Hospital had planned to introduce new single-use equipment by the end of February.
Several other countries including China have banned plastic bags or instituted fees for single-use bags.
The recommendation to move to single-use instruments came after advice from the Spongiform Encephalopathy Advisory Committee (SEAC).
Most recently, the foundation introduced the Plastic Free Schools program to reduce single-use plastic on the Hawaiian Islands.
The use of single-use equipment has been linked to 20 adverse incidents, including the deaths of two patients.
Particularly, the Plastiki is hoping to raise awareness about single-use consumer products that are filling landfills and the sea.
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Tyco Healthcare, Boston Scientific and tiny Rita Medical Systems make the equipment, which includes portable generators and single-use needles.
It is enabling us to repurpose the underoccupied single-use office building as a hub of social connectivity and interaction.
Shadow Health Secretary Dr Liam Fox has called for a public inquiry into the safety of single-use surgical instruments.
To further discourage single-use containers, Portland just passed a bill that bans plastic bags in all major grocery stores.
No big shocker here as erecting giant, single-use stores with no connection to public transport is typically how the Arkansas-based retailer rolls.
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The Northern Ireland Executive will bring forward legislation later this year to introduce a 5p charge for single-use carrier bags in April 2013.
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We have reviewed or tested nearly every type of single-use hot cup on the market, but a viable alternative does not yet exist.
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There's also a noticeable lag time between updates, meaning you don't get Tweets in real time -- another oddly ironic aspect of this single-use handheld.
The British Retail Consortium says the number of single-use bags has fallen in recent years from 10.6 billion in 2006 to 6.1 billion in 2010.
Hindustan Lever, a subsidiary of Unilever, pioneered the idea years ago, marketing its shampoos and detergents in single-use sachets rather than larger (and more expensive) bottles.
Single-use credit card numbers are an alias for your credit card number, allowing you to give each online merchant with whom you do business a different number.
"We are not happy that the decline in the use of single-use plastic bags has not been maintained and that there has been an increase, " he said.
We somehow see this taking its place in the landfill right next to other great products like the self-destructing DVD and single-use digital video camera.
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During a question-and-answer session with "3D Robotics" editor-in-chief Chris Anderson, Musk said that affordable commercial space travel will never be possible with the current model, which relies on single-use booster rockets.
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Whether we are talking about single-use servers, specialized desktops or both, the opportunity for a hardware vendor to take Linux and create a unique and differentiable offering is stronger than ever before.
Those who do not have immediate access to re-usable instruments, can choose to continue using single-use instruments if they are comfortable with their use and they have not had an increase in adverse events.
The measure approved by the Senate Environmental Committee requires retailers to give customers a 5-cent rebate for each reusable shopping bag they use and charge them 5 cents for each single-use bag they take.
It's still cheap at 15 times expected 2010 earnings, he says, but management has done an excellent job of investing in products with strong recurring revenue such as surgical stapling machines and single-use laparoscopic tools.
In the not-too-distant future, the choice between multi- and single-purpose devices may be less stark than it has been, as some single-use devices have been adopting the technical features and approaches of the app-based devices in order to stay relevant.
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Single-use zoning and planning for different functions was thought to be efficient, but we now know that most office buildings are grossly underoccupied, with only 30% to 40% of their workspace used in a typical work day, never mind the gross inefficiencies of time and energy spent on large scale mass commuting.
Sure, it's hard to imagine a reason for most people to pick up a DMP-B15 over a cheapish Blu-ray playing laptop -- the thing is monstrously thick, and can't even handle a traditional laptop-style screen orientation, only everything but -- but the hardware is reliable enough for kids to handle on the road, and the single-use makes it a good home Blu-ray player for plugging into that second HD-starved TV.
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