Donate medical supplies?

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I wonder what quantity of medical supplies gets thrown out (especially in home health care) because people don't know what to do with it. Near me is a Physical Therapy place with a big "give-away box" at the entrance. Yesterday, I saw a couple of new Trach' s (sealed in the package), a new BiPAP mask, and an oxygen concentrator machine... not to mention new enteral feeding bags and split gauze...all free.

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Specializes in Psych (25 years), Medical (15 years).
3 hours ago, Floor_Nurse said:

Near me is a Physical Therapy place with a big "give-away box" at the entrance. Yesterday, I saw... a new BiPAP mask... free.

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HA HA HA HA! Kids!

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Specializes in Travel, Home Health, Med-Surg.

I think that we waste too many medical supplies (among other things). Don't know if it is still going on, but we (the US) did at one time send (some of) our expired medical supplies to other countries. Although of course I have no problem with helping other countries it makes you wonder why if they can use it we cant!

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Specializes in Psych, Addictions, SOL (Student of Life).
2 hours ago, Daisy4RN said:

I think that we waste too many medical supplies (among other things). Don't know if it is still going on, but we (the US) did at one time send (some of) our expired medical supplies to other countries. Although of course I have no problem with helping other countries it makes you wonder why if they can use it we cant!

When I finished my negative pressure wound treatments I had two boxes of collection cannisters and 25 dressings left over. I tried to return the sealed unused items to my provider and they told me they legally could not take them back so I donated them to the zoo's veterinary department.

Hppy

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