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The '''AccuCirc ''' is a one-time use, single-action [[circumcision ]] device. According to the website, it's supposed to "help physicians provide precise, consistent, and reliable outcomes".<ref>{{REFweb
|last=AccuCirc
|first=
|yeardate=2011
|title=About AccuCirc
|url=http://www.accucirc.com/about.php
|last=Katz
|first=Paula S.
|url=http://todayshospitalist.com/index.php?b=articles_read&cnt=647
|title=Night work without burnout
|date=2008-09
|publisher=Today's Hospitalist
|quote=...an invention: a circumcision tool to help prevent [[HIV ]] that has recently been cleared by the FDA.
|accessdate=2011-09-26
}}</ref> and it was approved by the [[FDA]] on the basis is was substantially equivalent to existing circumcision devices.<ref>{{REFjournal
|last=Brogdon
|first=Nancy C.
|init=NC
|date=2007-09-07
|title=Dear Mr. Wallace
|accessdate=2011-03-06
}}</ref>
This suggests a possible conflict-of-interest at the [[WHO]] between promoting Tomlinson's circumcision device and providing sound medical advice consistent with [[human rights]].
{{SEEALSO}}
* [[David R. Tomlinson]] -- Inventor of AccuCirc.
* [[WHO|World Health Organization]] -- AccuCirc Inventor is "chief circumcision expert" at the W.H.O.
* [[Circumcision]]
* [[Adolescent and adult circumcision]]
{{REF}}
[[Category:Circumcision in Africa]]
[[Category:Circumcision productsproduct]]
[[Category:From CircLeaks]]
[[Category:From IntactWiki]]
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