[Optimizing the use-by date of reusable medical devices. Experience in a healthcare establishment].

Objectives: Sterilized reusable medical devices have a use-by date, after which sterility is no longer guaranteed. There is currently no consensus on how this should be determined. The aim is to re-evaluate the expiry date of reusable medical devices, by means of a risk analysis and an assessment of the maintenance of the sterile state of reusable medical devices over time.