"IV equipment hasn't really changed much in 25yrs,nor has the...

"IV equipment hasn't really changed much in 25yrs,nor has the tubing.(used to fix them)"

Hey good to see some discussion.

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The tubing is not used to "fix" the pump. It is used to run the fluid through the pump into the patient. It is changed over for every new pt patient at least. Each resonable sized hospital goes through hundreds of these per day. Its a potentially very high volume product, and nothing in medicine is cheap.