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Archive > July, 2007 Vol. VIII, No. 7

Secrets to Saving with Reprocessed SUDs

Why aren't more surgical facilities using third-party reprocessors?

Dan O'Connor, Editor-in-Chief

Before you throw away those shaver blades, you might want to think about reusing them - again and again and again and again and again, spending about half as much for each use as you'd spend buying new blades each time. You can if you ship them to a reprocessor instead of tossing them in the trash.

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