Patient well-being is naturally a top priority for health systems. However, leading organizations are increasingly turning their attention to the environmental impact of their operations. Many ...

Every healthcare facility faces the same challenge: to reduce costs without sacrificing the delivery of quality care. As a result of dwindling healthcare reimbursements, and increased awareness of ...

Regulated medical device reprocessing is an important tool in improving environmental and public health outcomes, according to a new analysis published in Health Affairs. Health care systems generate ...

The established environmentalism mantra of “reduce, re-use, recycle” opened the door for medical device manufacturers to roll out recycling programs under the guise of sustainability efforts. But, in ...

The Emergency Care Research Institute (ECRI Institute) has released its annual "Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns for Healthcare Organizations," naming some repeat offenders—like device reprocessing—to ...

MUNDELEIN, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Medline, a global medical supplies distributor and manufacturer, today announced a new agreement with Novation, a leading health care services company serving the ...

BERLIN & WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Hospitals could cut emissions associated with some medical device use in half by opting instead for regulated, reprocessed “single-use” medical devices. The LCA ...

In 2000, when FDA led the U.S. to become the first country in the world to regulate the use of reprocessed single-use devices, the agency responded to concerns from manufacturers and physicians that ...

Grist is a nonprofit, independent media organization dedicated to telling stories of climate solutions and a just future. In 2015, a marine biologist filmed her team removing a plastic straw from a ...

A Tennessee-based company specializing in medical device manufacturing and reprocessing plans to invest $1.2 million to expand its Norfolk operations, adding 60 jobs, the governor announced Friday.

Regulated medical device reprocessing is an important tool in improving environmental and public health outcomes, according to a new analysis published in Health Affairs. The paper indicates that ...