Operations are being cancelled because of dirty or broken instruments sent back by private companies employed to clean them, the Royal College of Surgeons (RCS) said yesterday. Hospitals used to sterilise their operating instruments on site but are being encouraged by the Department of Health to put the job out to private companies. A survey of surgeons found that equipment was often unfit for use, damaged, or late - meaning that operations were cancelled at the last minute, often when patients were already anaesthetised.
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BNHS 'chaos' over surgical tools - BBC Health News 24th April 2008
Operations halted by unfit equipment - The Telegraph 25th April 2008
Friday, April 25, 2008
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