Richard Redett, Johns Hopkins Medicine (IMAGE)

Johns Hopkins Medicine

Richard Redett, Johns Hopkins Medicine

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Redett and colleagues at Johns Hopkins recently published a study showing that major US hospitals collectively throw away at least $15 million a year in unused surgical supplies that could be salvaged to ease critical shortages in developing countries.

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