Donate Supplies
We would appreciate any medical items collected from your office or local hospital for our use here – i.e., items that are clean though not sterile but still usable, like a Foley catheter that is out of its wrapper but not used). We can use virtually all types of bandage/dressing materials, hypodermic needles, suture (see list below), Foleys catheters, NG tubes, Q-tips, chest tubes, and urine collection bags. Stoma bags and related materials would be extremely useful, as would ligation clips (medium and large) and GI staplers, especially the EEA type and skin staples.
We are unable to use most of the high tech stuff: laparoscopy-related equipment (except staplers and clip appliers, which we can use), central venous catheters, etc.
Volunteers bringing donated medications is greatly appreciated but we currently cannot use expired medications nor partially used topicals or injectables. We cannot use all donated medicines (e.g., cannot use cholesterol-lowering meds) so if possible, please check with us before you come to see if we are able to use what you have.
