Disposable Surgical Supplies Prevent Deadly Infections

By Rena Hudson


When people hear about disposable surgical supplies they usually think about a surgery but that is not always the case. Surgical supplies cover a wide variety of tools and items that can be used for various things. These are especially valuable for home care patients or people who are home bound because of their sickness.

Malpractice lawsuits became almost too common. The amount of money that hospital officials were paying out to patients who ended up with deadly infections due to improperly cleaned tools and utensils became too much to bear. After the board of directors of various hospitals got involved that was the end of that. IT would not take long for something new to be done.

This was also the case for smaller, independent offices. Small family practice and specialty offices were also facing litigation because of mistakes made with the cleaning process of surgical tools. Even though they spent millions on training those whose job it was to clean the tools, people were still getting sick.

When these did occur they meant very big malpractice lawsuits for doctors and hospitals. They would surely share the liability for such problems. These cases ended up with millions of dollars in litigation and judges and jury's had no problem awarding these to the plaintiff when someone ended up dead. You cannot repay a loss of human life.

Taking these items and using them in hospitals is also a good idea and one that is taking place everywhere. When hospitals have their surgical centers supplied with these they actually can save money. They have run operational tests to see what would be cheaper. They used to have all the supplies put into a large container and brought into a sanitizing center.

The smaller offices did the same. They, unlike the larger hospitals, could not afford malpractice lawsuits. One such case could put the office out of business. These often resulted because someone ended up dying due to an infection. These infections happened very quickly after a surgery and while most could be treated but they would take lots of powerful antibiotics.

When they started programs to try using the disposable ones they quickly found how much they could save. No longer would they need to maintain a large staff of people who were trained and qualified to clean the utensils. In addition they removed the threat of infection from tools that might not be cleaned properly.

These things would make the jobs of these nurses and doctors too difficult. Disposable surgical supplies have not only saved a lot of money for doctors and hospitals but have possibly also saved lives. Without the threat of infection people are coming out of their procedures much healthier. Staph infections are not eliminated but have not occurred as often as they have in the past. People are no longer so scared to go into a major surgery because they are now safer.




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