BMA calls for an end to child labour in surgical instrument industry (issued by BMA Scotland Monday 22 Feb 2010) The BMA has today [Monday 22 February 2010] highlighted the dangerous working conditions in Pakistan that lie behind the manufacturing of surgical instruments purchased by the NHS. At the beginning of Fairtrade Fortnight, the BMA is calling on the NHS in Scotland to adopt new guidance on ethical purchasing.
The BMA’s Medical Fair and Ethical Trade group has just launched an information campaign telling doctors …

Quality is everything, and something which must never be compromised. Since the formation of our Company over thirty years ago, we have strived to produce only the highest quality surgical instruments. We work hard to train our staff, and teach them that quality really does come as standard at Platts & Nisbett.
Unfortunately these values do not appear to be shared by some companies, who may be supplying surgical instruments which are of inferior quality. As the market has been flooded with poor quality instruments over the years, many hospitals are …

“Quality is never an accident. It is always the result of intelligent effort.”
John Ruskin
“Quality means doing it right when no one is looking.”
Henry Ford
“Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, intelligent direction and skillful execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives.”
William A.Foster