"With the pressure to save money, it's an option that we have been exercising more and more often," says Joe M. Howe, manager of biomedical engineering at St. Thomas Hospital in Nashville. "We often find that we can buy an entire used unit for less than it would cost us to buy a needed repair part new."However, before any used equipment is purchased, it's important to either know the seller or conduct a thorough background check on the seller. It may even require an inspection of the facilities and reference calls to previous buyers.
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