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May 2012
You Tube: J&J Sustainability Special: Our Global Citizenship ennTV #11, 1 of 4
In this episode of ennTV, learn how Johnson & Johnson companies approach corporate citizenship and caring for the world environmentally, economically and socially with profiles [...]
Protect Our Savings: Reprocessing the Ligasure™ Impact (Hand Activated Sealer/Divider)
The following is re-posted from ProtectOurSavings.com, a Stryker Sustainability Solutions-sponsored blog dedicated to advancing the discussion about efficient financial and environmental resource management. Published by Caryn [...]
WMW: NHB OR Staff Recognized for 'Earth Day Every Day' Efforts
Naval Hospital Bremerton's Sustainability Team has recognized its main operating room staff on Earth Day April 20 for implementing and maintaining sustainable practices, according to Waste [...]
April 2012
Greening the OR News from Practice Greenhealth
Practice Greenhealth's Greening the OR News (volume 2) highlights the Greening the OR session at AORN. At the Stryker/Pfiedler dinner held in conjunction with the AORN annual [...]
WSJ Market Watch: Sterilmed Sponsors US and European CleanMed Conferences for Health Care Sustainability
MarketWatch Posted on April 17th, 2012 Reprocessed Products Gaining Popularity to Reduce Environmental Harm Sterilmed, Inc., a leader in the reprocessing and remanufacturing of single-use [...]
EP Lab Digest: New Stryker Device Offers Hospitals Environmental and Bottom-line Benefits
EP Lab Digest Posted on April 17th, 2012 Stryker’s Sustainability Solutions division, a leader in medical device reprocessing, introduced Restep®, the company’s pioneering deep vein [...]
Johnson & Johnson Becomes First International Sponsor of CleanMed
CleanMed 2012 Press Release Posted on April 4, 2012 Johnson & Johnson has become the first international sponsor of CleanMed, the premier national environmental conference for [...]
Healthy Hospitals Initiative: Leading Hospitals Challenge Sector to Improve Health, Reduce Costs By Accelerating Adoption of Sustainability Practices
Healthier Hospitals Initiative Posted on April 3, 2012 Few sectors of the economy consume as many resources – electricity, water, cleaning products, chemicals and food [...]
U.S. Army News: MEDCOM Striving Toward Sustainability
US Army News Posted April 2, 2012 By Ms Shannon Carabajal (Army Medicine) Military treatment facilities across U.S. Army Medical Command are leaning forward to [...]
EP Lab Digest: Stryker Corporation Demonstrates Continued Commitment to Healthcare Sustainability Through Educational Seminar
EP Lab Digest Posted on March 27, 2012 Stryker Corporation demonstrates its commitment to environmental responsibility in healthcare by providing a grant to support ‘Lighten [...]
AMDR President Dan Vukelich to Address Ontario Hospital Association Conference in May
The Ontario Hospital Association(OHA) will hold a conference on Monday, May 14 in Toronto to address the issue of Reprocessed Single-Use Medical Devices (SUDs). AMDR [...]
AMDR President Dan Vukelich scheduled to speak at CleanMed Europe 2012 in Malmo, Sweden
Dan Vukelich, President of the Association of Medical Device Reprocessors, is scheduled to speak at the third iteration of CleanMed Europe 2012, the premier international [...]
March 2012
Advance for Nurses: Greening the OR
Gail O. Guterl discusses "Greening the OR" in Advance for Nurses (03/28/12): Not only are hospitals reducing waste by turning toward reusable equipment, they are [...]
"The Recycle Mash" by INOVA Health System
As part of their Going Green Initiative, INOVA Health System has created a video outlining their recycling efforts in 2011, including: Over [...]
Protect Our Savings: Hospitals Faced with Difficult Decisions
Protect Our Savings March 21, 2012 Authored by Caryn Humphrey, Product Manager at Stryker Sustainability Solutions A tough economy means that some hospitals and health networks [...]
PR Web: Transforming Cost into Healthcare
PR Web March 23, 2012 Getinge Canada Limited is launching a new audit process for hospitals in Canada to make them aware of the potential [...]
Aptiv Solutions Medical Device Blog: Rosina Robinson Published in JMDR
Aptiv Solutions Medical Device Blog March 12, 2012 / MEDICAL DEVICE BLOG Rosina Robinson, Affiliate Regulatory Consultant at Aptiv Solutions, has been published in the February 2012 [...]
Insider Media: Synergy Health Acquires US Business
Insider Media Limited March 21, 2012 The Swindon-based company has acquired MSI from Empire Investment Holdings for a cash consideration of $6.5 m (£4.1m). MSI [...]
Fierce Healthcare: ACOs changing economics
Fierce Healthcare March 14, 2012 | By Karen M. Cheung Could health reform, and more specifically, accountable care organizations be slowing down healthcare spending? That's the [...]
Becker's ASC Review: 5 Strategies for Cutting Costs in an Out-of-Network Center from ASC Administrator Toni Rambeau
Becker's ASC Review Written by Taryn Tawoda | March 14, 2012 Long-term cost management is among the greatest challenges for out-of-network ASCs. As the administrator of an [...]