This discussion board is about the high cost of surgical instruments and how to mitigate this cost that is passed down to patients. Research an instrument used in surgery that has been classified as single-use. Provide a link to an image of the instrument and provide a description of it, along with the type of surgery or anatomy for which it is used.
Also, discuss:
- Are there any non-disposable versions of this instrument? If not, why not? If there are non-disposable versions, then why use disposable?
- Are there any options to repurpose or reprocess these instruments? If not, why not? What would the advantages/disadvantages be to one over the other?
