NSW blocks reused medical supplies approved across Australia
NSW's Clinical Excellence Commission banned remanufactured medical supplies. These supplies are already approved and used in every other Australian state.
NSW's Clinical Excellence Commission has blocked hospitals from using remanufactured medical supplies. Every other state and territory already approves and uses them daily.
Remanufactured items include patient mattresses, compression sleeves, tourniquets and blood pressure cuffs. All these products have been approved by the Therapeutic Goods Administration.
They have been proven safe. Yet NSW alone is banning them.
Healthcare workers say the commission has concerns about infection control and traceability. But evidence does not back up these concerns.
Medsalv is the local remanufacturer. It supplies more than 170 hospitals across Australia.
But it has no customers in NSW. The move costs taxpayers millions in unnecessary single-use products sent to landfill.
- Medsalv
- Remanufacturer
- more than 170
- Hospitals supplied nationally
Why it mattersA ban on approved, cheaper medical supplies wastes taxpayer money and environmental resources. It raises questions about whether commercial pressure is driving government health decisions.
AustraliaNSW patients and hospitals lose access to cost-saving medical supplies available everywhere else in Australia, affecting both budgets and environmental outcomes.
Corroborated bytheage.com.au·watoday.com.au
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