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Surgical Blankets for the Homeless
Lourdes Health System
English - January 21, 2019 14:00 - 10.7 MBHealth & Fitness health wellness lourdes system hospital Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Before surgery, technicians unwrap sterilized instruments from a sheet of plastic material that cannot be recycled, and these sheets end up in the trash bin. Lourdes surgical technician Dana Scarangelli and nurse anesthetist Laura Faust have started sewing these sheets together to create mats, blankets, sleeping bags and tote bags for the homeless.