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(3) When the current system was commissioned in 1976, it was resourced with

surgical instruments to service the ACT Public Hospital system. It is common

practice to have multiples of instruments and packs to cover variations in demand.

The need to ensure adequate coverage for instruments in transport or sterilisation

is but one factor to provide multiple sets in the system. Whether the sterilising

service was on or off site, the Hospital would still require multiples of instrument

packs.

(4) Generally sufficient instrumentation and supplies are held at the hospitals to service demands. A 24 hour 7 day on-call system is provided by Totalcare Industries for those occasions when instrumentation is required above the normal working level

(5) The design and construction of facilities as part of the Hospital Redevelopment Project were based on the continued use of the current Government owned facility (Totalcare) at Mitchell for sterile supply services.

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