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W
hen is it
time to
upgrade
your endo-
scopes?
When you're spending more
to repair your scopes than it
would cost to replace them.
Some weeks here at our 3-
room GI center, we were
sinking thousands to keep
our aging fleet afloat. We
finally stopped throwing good
money after bad when we
renovated our facility. The 6-
month project, which cost
several million dollars, includ-
ed an overhaul of our capital
equipment: high-definition
endoscopes, video towers
and monitors, as well as new
sterilization equipment.
That was a significant investment for our small center, so we
worked hard to make the numbers work. They key was finding a ven-
dor willing to negotiate a payment plan in order to reduce the up-front
costs of our equipment upgrade. My advice to you: If a vendor won't
Jimmy Henderson | Jonesboro, Ark.
Bring Your GI Suite Up to
Speed Without Breaking the Bank
Pay-per-use financing helped us fund our facility-wide makeover.
• BETTER EQUIPPED The Outpatient Surgery Center of Jonesboro
(Ark.) added space-saving automatic endoscope reprocessors, which
feature RFID tracking capabilities and a 2-scope capacity.
Jimmy
Henderson
