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>>The tubes that carry blood to heart-and-lung machines are sterilized and reused after each surgery; in the West, they’re thrown away. Just cancelled my surge
by onetimemanytime 8y ago
>>The tubes that carry blood to heart-and-lung machines are sterilized and reused after each surgery; in the West, they’re thrown away.
Just cancelled my surgery :). Seriously, this is not an area to maximize savings.
- ketcomp 8y agoIt sounds like a bad idea - but scalpels and metal tools are not thrown away either - they're sterilized. Something like a plastic tube may have 2 or 3 uses in it instead of just 1 - as long as the sterilization is within acceptable tolerances - why not? A reusable rocket too was unthinkable until a private company did it. One shouldn't discard experimental evidence just because it conflicts with one's belief systems.