I am delighted to hear that this debate is taking place and that serious questions are being asked about whether our society can continue to simply defer from quality towards quantity. Cheaper is not necessarily better. A holistic point-of-view needs to be taken regarding matters under scutiny.
Being a catheter user who recently travelled in South Africa I can confirm that the cheaper catheters used as standard out there are grossly poor in comparison to those available in the UK. I use a single-use catheter around eight times before using a new one; however, with the South African catheters I struggled to use the poorly lubricated item even once. So, under my logic, our catheter lasts me at least eight times longer than the cheaper version. Hence, if our catheter costs 20% more to produce then that is money well spent.
charlie radclyffe
Posted on 29 Apr 2009 5:44 pm
I am delighted to hear that this debate is taking place and that serious questions are being asked about whether our society can continue to simply defer from quality towards quantity. Cheaper is not necessarily better. A holistic point-of-view needs to be taken regarding matters under scutiny.
Being a catheter user who recently travelled in South Africa I can confirm that the cheaper catheters used as standard out there are grossly poor in comparison to those available in the UK. I use a single-use catheter around eight times before using a new one; however, with the South African catheters I struggled to use the poorly lubricated item even once. So, under my logic, our catheter lasts me at least eight times longer than the cheaper version. Hence, if our catheter costs 20% more to produce then that is money well spent.