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Hospitals Wasting Millions in Unused Surgical Supplies

BALTIMORE — Major hospitals across the U.S. are collectively throwing away at least $15 million a year in unused operating room surgical supplies, according to researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore.

Doctors said in a research report published Oct. 16 in the World Journal of Surgery that these supplies could be salvaged and used to ease shortages, improve surgical care and boost public health in developing countries.

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