The user will be billed and the instrument will be replaced. Dispensary staff will note missing instruments on the voucher. The responsible person will be billed. Department chairmen may elect to pay for some or all losses from department funds. Broken instruments are expected on occasion.
Exchanges are available in the dispensaries.
Each department should identify a person responsible for making faculty and resident appointments. Morning and afternoon appointments should be separated. Each clinical dispensing area will have an assistant to whom is delegated the responsibility of transporting, issuing and accounting for instruments between CS and the clinic. At the end of the clinic session, instrument cassettes should be collected and contents verified. At the time of issue, each package of instruments will be accompanied by a voucher which outlines the instruments to be issued to the user.