Mlada fronta Dnes: Some hospitals re-use disposable instruments to save money

Some Czech hospitals re-use disposable instruments as many as five times over, the daily Mlada fronta Dnes claims, citing hospital employees. According to doctors and nurses expensive single-use instruments, such as scalpels for laparoscopic surgery, are repeatedly sterilized and re-used in order to save money. Hospitals, which knowingly break the law by this practice, blame the system which forces them to economize in all areas. Recent audits by hygiene officers have also confirmed the practice, Mlada fronta Dnes says.