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Shopping for Surgery - June 2015 - Subscribe to Outpatient Surgery Magazine

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• Trialing and tracking input. As with any equipment purchase, hands-on evaluations are key to making an intelligent decision. After your sur- geons, nurses, biomedical engineers and other users spend some test- driving time with different models from different vendors, make sure to collect their formal feedback on each through a pre-scripted form. • Your budget and your vendor. Cost is always a big part of a pur- chasing decision, and a factor that can be influenced by your rela- tionship with equipment vendors. When you're comparing your options, ask for a breakdown of pricing for the base model, for the surface options, and for the expected attachments and accessories necessary to provide optimal use. Would your facility benefit from bundling additional equipment from a particular vendor? If your budget is tight, does the vendor have demonstration models that UP TO 10%ࣰ OFF ࣰLIMITED TIME ON SELECT MODELS. S LS LS EL EL EL EL EL EL DE DE OD OD OD M MO M M O M M M M M M M T M M T M M CT CT CT CT EC EC LE LE LE EL EL EL SE SE SE SE S S. S. OD M M M M LI LI LIMI MI MITE TE TED D D TI TI TIME ME O O ON LIM IMI MI MI MITE TE TE TE TED D ED D D TI TI TIM TI TI TI TI TI TIM IME ME ME O O O ME ME O O ON N OFF OFF FF UP UP TO TO

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