Disposable Surgical Supplies Mean Lower Insurance Premiums

By Rena Hudson


Back before hospitals used disposable surgical supplies during operations and other procedures there were a lot of reported cases of infections. Hospitals faced a great deal of lawsuits because of these post-operation infections. Many of them turned out to be deadly for some people as well. Not something that a hospital operations team wants to deal with.

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.

Small doctors offices also use them as well. Even though they could have cleaning stations installed in their offices, there is really no reason to. The ready to use items are cheap, easily accessible, and can just be tossed after use. There is nothing wrong with using these for procedures because they all work just as well as anything else.

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 operating costs of these centers were very high. The employees who would need training and then need to be paid would cost the hospitals a lot of money. These were funds they did not have many times. Then they would also have the cost of maintaining the cleaning chemicals. All of these costs went into their overhead and made it significantly higher.

Hospitals all over the country eventually caught on and started to do the same thing. Pretty soon it became an industry standard and then it spread to all the other medical professionals. Doctors offices all over also started using these because it meant all the same things for them as well. They could not absorb the financial losses that a hospital could either.

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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