e
Wasteful Hospital Practices: Disposable Single-Patient-Use Landline Telephones
Why clean when you can throw away?
Well, this is disturbing. A company called Scitec Inc., which manufactures telephones for hotels and institutions, manufactures a disposable landline telephone for hospitals. Designed to be mounted to a bedrail, it's intended to be used by a single patient, then thrown away—after it has performed its function of generating profit, of course.
"Scitec single-use disposable healthcare telephones and accessories help reduce patient room cross-contamination, cleaning and repair costs," reads the sales sheet, "and increase telecom revenues."
Incredibly, these cost just $13.95—for the hospitals. How much do you reckon they mark them up to the patients?
-
o1Favorite This
-
Q1Comment
Guides to Industrial Design
Core77
Industrial Design
Resources
Industrial Design
Resources
-
Core77 Guides
Resources for Industrial DesignersGo -
The Best Desktop CNC Milling Machines
- p
5 Contributors | 7 Items | 5 VotesA desktop CNC milling machine can be a practical addition to your prototyping or small-scale fabrication operations.
-
The Best 3D Modeling Software for Industrial Designers
- p
10 Contributors | 15 Items | 216 Votes3D modeling has been a part of the profession of industrial design since before computers were even conceived.
-
The Best Online Learning Platforms for Industrial Design3 Contributors | 10 Items | 47 VotesWith so many online learning platforms out there, it can be hard as a designer to decipher where to go...
-
Best Affordable Professional 3D Printers
- p
9 Contributors | 15 Items | 50 VotesWe are building this list as a resource for designers who are looking for a starting point in picking a...
-
The Best 3D Printing Services
- p
7 Contributors | 12 Items | 103 VotesIn the 1990s 3D printing was adopted by forward-looking design studios for prototyping – it was not widespread though for...
-
3D Model Resources3 Contributors | 12 Items | 17 VotesCommunity driven, engineering oriented, detailed and aesthetic, 3D printing oriented, royalty-free, paid, free.
-
A Guide to Design Research Tools2 Contributors | 6 Items | 5 VotesTechnology can be a great help when it comes to organizing your research on an ongoing project or in new...
K
{Welcome
Create a Core77 Account
Already have an account? Sign In
By creating a Core77 account you confirm that you accept the Terms of Use
K
Reset Password
Please enter your email and we will send an email to reset your password.
Comments
I would like to think these are provided to patients without a mobile phone. So frequency of use could be very low. If volumes are low, disposable is better than cleaning. They can't be run through an autoclave, so the resources needed to determine you did actually achieved a 3log reduction with a cleaning protocol could very well be more wasteful than disposing of the phone.