Tuesday, 22 December 2015

Buying Refurbished Surgical Instruments Online

Online medical device companies selling refurbished operating room instruments are growing in both number and popularity for it saves both cost and time for the healthcare, surgical or diagnostic facilities. But you should also know that according to the need of the customers there are different stages of refurbishing for reconditioned surgery instruments and if you are planning to buy them you should have a very good idea about those stages.

•    All reprocessed surgical instruments should pass through a detailed and multistep process for cleaning, disinfection and sterilization

•    Cosmetic refurbishment processes ensure that a refurbished equipment doesn’t only look like new but it actually also functions with the same degree of efficiency and accuracy of a new equipment

•    Parts refurbishment of equipments in cases when certain parts of the equipment do not meet the required manufacturer’s specification and need to be replaced with new ones. Parts produced by the Original Equipment Manufacturer or third party manufacturers can be used, the ones that are available through certified distributors.

•    Fully refurbished Storz instruments those are fully restored to their original new like condition are now also available and in many cases they can also be upgraded to possess advancements those were even not present in the original unit.

Though medical devices refurbished to OEM standards are as good as a new product but in many cases the OEM stops providing support once a device is refurbished by some other company and that is a point you should also keep in mind while making a purchase.

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