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Historic development - O.R.Textiles

• Hospitals used to prepare their O.R. textile packs.

• Outsourcing laundry service• Low quality cotton products and poor

laundry service for O.R. exigency.• Introduction of disposable O.R. textiles• New scenario for reusable O.R. textiles

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O.R. TEXTILE MARKET O.R. TEXTILE MARKET TODAYTODAY

• Disposables: 65%• Cotton/Poly-cotton textiles: 30%• Technical reusable textiles: 5%

LAUNDRY GROUPS:– FLISA: 28 laundries – INDUSAL: 20 laundries

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- Population of Spain: 47.000.000

- Nr. of hospitals: 750

- Surgical operations: 4.300.000

- Childbirths: 500.000

Strengths of DISPOSABLESStrengths of DISPOSABLES

• Large sales organization• Less warehousing space• Lightweight O.R. packs• Longer pack shelf life • Perception of single use safety• Convenient for nurses: Combipack• Sealed joints critical and non critical areas

(drapes)• Easy to cover and uncover the patient• Drapes incorporate incision films (Neuro,

oftalmo, etc)• Use of staples

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Weackness of DISPOSABLES

• Lowering prices when their costs are increasing

• Use and dispose off is no longer the future

• Tendency to recyclable products• Still expensive• Single use quality• Less comfortable• Less resistant • Less friendly with environment

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Challenge for REUSABLE Challenge for REUSABLE TECHNICAL TEXTILES TECHNICAL TEXTILES

• Balance increasing costs with longer life of the products.

• Invest on increasing performance.

- Textiles: auxiliary high absorbent materials, comfort, new fibers/new technologies. - Design of the drape systems and packs. - Keep ahead of disposables.

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FUTURE OF REUSABLES IN FUTURE OF REUSABLES IN SPAINSPAIN

• Technical reusable concept is new.• Possible increase of reusable gowns.• Lack of processors/sterilization

services.• Opportunity for reusables.

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