The North Cen­tral Re­gion­al Health Au­thor­i­ty (NCRHA) has de­nied so­cial me­dia posts that prop­a­gate that a se­nior med­ical pro­fes­sion­al has pro­posed the reuse of con­sum­ables.

Con­sum­ables are non-durable, sin­gle-use med­ical sup­plies used for pa­tient care, di­ag­no­sis, or treat­ment pro­ce­dures, and are typ­i­cal­ly dis­card­ed af­ter a sin­gle use.

“I cat­e­gor­i­cal­ly de­ny hav­ing giv­en any in­struc­tion to reuse con­sum­ables at Mt Hope Women’s Hos­pi­tal,” stat­ed the med­ical pro­fes­sion­al in a state­ment is­sued by the NCRHA on Thurs­day af­ter­noon.