A tale of two markets : a survey of disposables versus reusables in hospitals

• Author(s): Abreu, Maria José Araújo Marques ; Silva, Maria Elisabete ; Schacher, Laurence ; Adolphe, Dominique
• Date: 2003
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/1822/2043
• Origin: RepositóriUM - Universidade do Minho
• Subject(s): Disposable; Reusable; Hospitals; Nonwovens; Portugal; France
• Document Type: Conference Object
• Language: English

Description

French and Portuguese universities have been involved in an extensive study within these two countries relating a survey of the use of surgical clothing in the hospitals. National enquiries have been carried out about the use of disposable versus reusable products and concluded that private hospitals use more disposable independently of the ratio price/quality. Some results of the survey will be presented and the analysis show that a significant agreement of the consumption of these products exist in both countries.