WASTE IN HOSPITALS

[newstart2380]

I recently returned a pair of crutches to the local hospital which took some time and effort (not complaining) to be told they don't want them back as they are used. These crutches were used for 2 days and although i respect that some may and I stress MAY be returned in bad condition those which are returned in pristine condition should be cleaned and re-used. Crutches and other similar items may cost in excess of $50 to provide so why not use them again where possible ?

[newstart2380]

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@boris1gary wrote:

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@newstart2380 wrote:

I recently returned a pair of crutches to the local hospital which took some time and effort (not complaining) to be told they don't want them back as they are used. These crutches were used for 2 days and although i respect that some may and I stress MAY be returned in bad condition those which are returned in pristine condition should be cleaned and re-used. Crutches and other similar items may cost in excess of $50 to provide so why not use them again where possible ?

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very odd indeed, my younger brother just returned some to a local NSW hospital where he was required to do so.

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they were not even our crutches, just some left in our apartments by someone who has since left. thought i was doing a good turn but sadly not so. next time in the bin

[cherry*135]

They could have come from any hospital then, not necessarily your local one. I wouldn't expect a hospital to take back equipment they didn't lend/hire out in the first place.

How do you know they were only used for 2 days then?

[just_me_karen]

IMO littering, by leaving them in a car park, would not be the best option.

[freddie*rooster]

If they were from a Hospital they would be marked with the Hospital's name.

[lurker17260]

So you weren't really returning them then? This story just gets curiouser and curiouser

[i-need-a-martini]

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@newstart2380 wrote:

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they were not even our crutches, just some left in our apartments by someone who has since left. thought i was doing a good turn but sadly not so. next time in the bin

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Why would you think a hospital would want a random set of crutches that someone left behind?

However, given that all of the major Sydney hospitals have a major problem with infections (and infections like Staph can be object to skin contaminations) then perhaps there was a valid reason for not accepting them?

I am doing some work for St George Public Hospital at the moment and they are in sterilisation overdrive at the moment. I was sprayed with disinfectant and had to walk in a disinfectant bath (for my shoes) when I visited yesterday.

[i-once-was-bump]

Why would you go to the hospital to return them but not bother taking them to your local charity shop when the hospital didn't want them?

I have had crutches and the ones that go under your arms have a padded top with a sort of vinyl or leather covering and the ones that clip to your arms they have padded hand grips which can be easilty replaced.

I wrapped the top of the wooden ones in plastic and then put towels over them, I couldn't get the yuck factor out of my mind when I was given them.

With the metal ones I immediately went to the nearest pharmacy for new sponge grips, that was another case of mind over matter and I couldn't touch the hand grips until I put on new ones, again the yuck factor.

[i-once-was-bump]

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@i-need-a-martini wrote:

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@newstart2380 wrote:

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they were not even our crutches, just some left in our apartments by someone who has since left. thought i was doing a good turn but sadly not so. next time in the bin

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Why would you think a hospital would want a random set of crutches that someone left behind?

However, given that all of the major Sydney hospitals have a major problem with infections (and infections like Staph can be object to skin contaminations) then perhaps there was a valid reason for not accepting them?

I am doing some work for St George Public Hospital at the moment and they are in sterilisation overdrive at the moment. I was sprayed with disinfectant and had to walk in a disinfectant bath (for my shoes) when I visited yesterday.

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martini was that just to enter the hospital or was it to go to a special area that you had to walk through the disinfectant?

I have never seem that before, it sounds a little scary to think that things are that bad or maybe they are so conscious of the problem that they have stopped it by doing all that stuff.

[i-need-a-martini]

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@i-once-was-bump wrote:

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@i-need-a-martini wrote:

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@newstart2380 wrote:

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they were not even our crutches, just some left in our apartments by someone who has since left. thought i was doing a good turn but sadly not so. next time in the bin

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Why would you think a hospital would want a random set of crutches that someone left behind?

However, given that all of the major Sydney hospitals have a major problem with infections (and infections like Staph can be object to skin contaminations) then perhaps there was a valid reason for not accepting them?

I am doing some work for St George Public Hospital at the moment and they are in sterilisation overdrive at the moment. I was sprayed with disinfectant and had to walk in a disinfectant bath (for my shoes) when I visited yesterday.

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martini was that just to enter the hospital or was it to go to a special area that you had to walk through the disinfectant?

I have never seem that before, it sounds a little scary to think that things are that bad or maybe they are so conscious of the problem that they have stopped it by doing all that stuff.

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I was going through their gastroentorology (sp?) department. Not where the patient beds are but to their training and research areas. But I understand that all areas are being disinfected. I think it happens over a week periodically.

A bit like delousing weekends at my kids school lol - where all the parents have to delouse their kids on a given weekend in the hope that when they all arrive back at school Monday, there are no more nits.

[debra9275]

maybe the crutches were too old???