tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499448.post5442534572946073759..comments2024-02-18T13:53:30.168-08:00Comments on Surgeonsblog: JunkiesSid Schwabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14182853083503404098noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499448.post-20933816522455406832007-04-05T07:22:00.000-07:002007-04-05T07:22:00.000-07:00Actually, by far most of the instruments used in s...Actually, by far most of the instruments used in surgery are NOT disposable; washed, re-packaged, and re-sterilized. It's just that the stuff that is disposable, which makes up a small percentage of the material used in surgery, makes for a heck of a lot of trash.Sid Schwabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14182853083503404098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499448.post-7413177791059636592007-04-05T06:56:00.000-07:002007-04-05T06:56:00.000-07:00Dr. Schwab,I think its an great advancement in med...Dr. Schwab,<BR/>I think its an great advancement in medicine that everything is disposable. It makes me think of how death rates went way down in childbirth when doctors started washing their hands in the 19th Century. <BR/><BR/>I remember how much more of a concern infection after surgery seemed to be 25 years ago(notably from a child's point of view)than one year ago. As a patient, being aware of stuff that goes wrong, I feel much better about instruments being new and disposable rather than having been used and sterilized. Its too scarey. If you get a terrible infection there's no amount of money in the world that could make you feel better.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com