title: Instrument repair often misunderstood.
abstract: Hospitals throw away--literally--millions of dollars worth of surgical instruments each year, for no other reason than ignorance of their actual value. Meanwhile, the cost of repairing others exceeds their actual value. That's the assessment of one industry veteran, and he may well be right, considering the reaction of a group of materials managers who met with him recently.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: DeJohn
mesh_terms: D017046:Cost Savings; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D008283:Maintenance / Q000191:economics; D008421:Materials Management, Hospital / Q000191:economics*; D012037:Refuse Disposal / Q000191:economics; D013525:Surgical Instruments / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards / Q000600:supply & distribution; D014481:United States