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Surgical Holdings attends MEDICA to highlight how
distributors can achieve greater sustainability
Surgical Holdings will attend MEDICA 2023 to showcase
how distributors can achieve greater sustainability for
their customers through expert repair services for rigid
endoscopes and orthopaedic power tools.
As part of its drive to help the hospitals worldwide
cut their carbon footprint, Surgical Holdings
have introduced a one-of-a-kind surgical repair
and refurbishment service that covers a range of
surgical instruments, including rigid endoscopes and
orthopaedic power tools.
The service that is available to distribution partners
- transforms broken, damaged, and worn instruments
to an ‘as new’ condition. All repairs are carried out
in Surgical Holdings state-of-the-art workshop facility
based in Southend by a team of highly skilled and
experienced technicians.
Using the latest optical technology, the company also
repairs scopes back to the manufacturer’s speci昀椀cation,
with all parts having full traceability, and compliance
with regulations. The company also manufactures
complicated 昀椀bre bundles for endoscopes in-house,
using high quality German 昀椀bre optic material and
stainless-steel tubing.
Global steel waste remains a huge problem in
healthcare. Currently, most surgical instruments –
made of surgical grade stainless steel – end up in
land昀椀ll and remain there, causing detrimental impacts
to the environment. Research shows that it requires
50% less energy to refurbish a surgical instrument than
to replace it.
Dan Coole, Managing Director of Surgical Holdings:
“The Circular Economy faces a growing
interest around the globe – and the signi昀椀cant
environment footprint of healthcare continues to
present a pressing issue. It is recognised that the
majority of discarded surgical instruments and
stainless-steel medical waste contain valuable
materials that can be reused. This is why it’s
so important to us a company to repair surgical
instruments correctly making them as new again
rather than replacing them. By working with
global distributors, we can help hospitals globally
reduce their environmental and 昀椀nancial costs.”
Celebrating their 35-year anniversary this year,
Surgical Holdings strives for the best possible quality in
everything they do, insisting on controlling the quality
of every item it manufactures, from the materials used
to the rigorous procedures it applies to testing.
It is this unique blend of skill, dedication and passion
for quality which elevates Surgical Holdings above the
competition allowing the company to thrive for over
the last thirty-昀椀ve years.
The company also manufactures complicated 昀椀bre
bundles for endoscopes in-house, using high quality
German 昀椀bre optic material. British manufactured
Surgical
Instrumentation and Sterile Kirschner wires will also be
on display.
With 6,000 exhibitors from 70 countries, MEDICA
attracts top-notch professionals from health, business,
research, and policy, creating an unparalleled platform
for networking and knowledge exchange. MEDICA
2023 is taking place from 13 – 16 November 2023 and
throughout the show, Surgical Holdings will be located
in the ABHI UK Pavilion in Hall 16 Stand H52-5.
For more information,
visit: https://www.surgicalholdings.co.uk/
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