As the NHS is pushed to make ever more financial savings, it has to look to every area of its operations to improve efficiency. One way to save money is to cut down on waste, and DISPOSABLE MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS (DMI), a supplier of stainless steel disposable medical instruments, is helping the NHS to do just this.
DMI works with each hospital to put together customised packs of stainless steel medical instruments and consumables, containing only the items needed. This makes more sense both financially and environmentally, and can also help the CSSD to work more efficiently, freeing it up to work on reprocessing more specialist equipment, knowing the basic lower-value items are taken care of.
Another benefit of DMI’s customised packs is the five years’ sterile shelf life. Stock can easily go out of date before it is used, but if the hospital can just order small amounts that remain sterile for five years, this can be avoided, and is a much more cost-effective and environmentally friendly approach to stock control. With a minimum order requirement of just one hundred packs, and a large stock of instruments held in-store, DMI can turn around orders in just a few days, meaning hospitals can order exactly what they need, when they need it.
