SOURCING AND DELIVERING OUR SUPPLIES
The SOS Operating Model ensures that medical supplies which might have otherwise not have been used due to over supply, regulatory restrictions, or asset turnover, are utilised for their intended purposes.
Our operating model is founded on two key principles:
* Only accept donations of supplies that are of very high quality, in their original packaging, and undamaged.
* Never send supplies unless they are specifically requested by our local partners.
Using this approach, SOS enables a model which is demand-driven, and quality assured. We don’t presume to know what is needed in each of the hospitals and healthcare centers to which we deliver. The process is guided by the priorities of local health authorities, not the assumptions of external parties - we deeply listen to and respectfully respond to local partners’ priorities for organisational strengthening.
We started out with one goal—to find a way to help people access much needed medical supplies.
Thousands of gowns, tools and instruments are discarded every day due to various reasons like expiration dates or small packaging punctures that have little to no effect on performance.
SOS works closely with Australian and overseas hospitals, and local health care providers and frontline workers to identify their precise needs, collect donations of relevance which would otherwise cost to dispose of, and package a shipment accordingly. This ensures that every collection and every delivery is purposeful, relevant, and immediately useful. Our work strengthens health systems, rather than overwhelming them, and resources arrive where they will make the greatest difference.
Help us divert these items from landfill and send them to communities in need. These are some of the supplies we collect.
BECOME A NEW HOSPITAL PARTNER
For hospitals who would like to sign up for regular collection, find out more here.
FAQs
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