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October 2011
AAMI/FDA Medical Device Reprocessing Summit, October 11-12
The Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI) and the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) kick-off their 2-day medical device reprocessing summit today in [...]
National Healthcare Central Service & Sterile Processing Week, October 9-15
AMDR salutes all Central Service and Sterile Processing Department professionals during National Healthcare Central Service & Sterile Processing Week, October 9-15. Thank you to these [...]
Reprocessing Report for October 2011
Stryker Sustainability Solutions just released their October 2011 "Reprocessing Report," featuring a cover story on Accountable Care Organizations (ACO) by AMDR President Dan Vukelich. In the article, [...]
Hospital Impact: How Device Reprocessing Saved $1.37M While Ensuring Quality Care
Hospital Impact By Dennis Walsh, Director of supply chain management at the Hospital of Saint Raphael in New Haven, Conn. October 5th, 2011 The facts [...]
Becker's ASC Review: 10 Steps to Save on Surgery Center Supplies & Equipment
By Rachel Fields, ASC Review September 16, 2011 Jesseye Arrambide, RN, BSN, CNOR, executive director at Oregon Outpatient Surgery Center and vice president and program [...]
September 2011
UPDATED Press Release: Reprocessing Industry Overwhelmingly Supported by U.S. News & World Report’s 2011-12 Honor Roll Hospitals
Washington, DC - Every year, U.S. News & World Report releases their annual list of the Best hospitals across the country, by specialty, including the highly coveted “Honor Roll” [...]
Ethicon Endo-Surgery to Acquire SterilMed
The Association of Medical Device Reprocessors (AMDR) is pleased to announce that Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. (EES), a global leader in the development of innovative medical [...]
AMDR Submits Comments to FDA’s Reprocessing of Reusable Medical Devices Docket
On September 26, 2011, AMDR submitted comments to FDA’s docket seeking input on the reprocessing of reusable medical devices: In AMDR’s August 1, 2011 comments, we highlighted that FDA’s [...]
ProtectOurSavings.com Blog: Know Your Rights
Originally Posted September 21, 2011 by AMDR President, Dan Vukelich Hospital purchasing personnel are familiar with a variety of tactics that some original equipment manufacturers [...]
Press Release: Reprocessing Industry Overwhelmingly Supported by U.S. News & World Report’s 2011-12 Honor Roll Hospitals
Washington, DC - Every year, U.S. News & World Report releases their annual list of the Best hospitals across the country, by specialty, including the [...]
AMDR Co-Sponsors Alliance for a Stronger FDA Ad in Capitol Hill Papers
Along with numerous other organizations in the health and food sectors, AMDR is proud to have co-signed the Alliance for a Stronger FDA's advertisement which ran in [...]
AMDR President to Present at 2nd Healthcare Development Conference
AMDR President Daniel J. Vukelich will present at the 2nd Healthcare Development Conference in Chicago October 26. Presenting, "Reprocessed Medical Devices: A Sustainable Solution," [...]
Meeting Announcement: 2011 AAMI/FDA Medical Device Reprocessing Summit
Mark Your Calendar! Don’t miss this timely event to address challenges recently highlighted by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on the reprocessing [...]
August 2011
Becker's ASC Review: 10 Important Steps for Sterile Processing in a Surgery Center
By Rachel Fields, Becker's Operating Room Clinical Quality and Infection Control August 25, 2011 Ruth P. Shumaker, RN, BSN, CNOR, a healthcare management consultant who [...]
Federal Register Notice: Medical Device User Fee Rates for Fiscal Year 2012
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Food and Drug Administration [Docket No. FDA-2011-N-0542] Medical Device User Fee Rates for Fiscal Year 2012 AGENCY: Food and [...]
Becker's ASC Review: Single-Use Device Reprocessor Addresses 10 Misconceptions of the Industry
By Leigh Page, Becker's ASC Review August 3, 2011 Lars Thording, PhD, senior director of marketing and public affairs at Stryker Sustainability Solutions, formerly Ascent, [...]
AMDR Submits Comments to FDA's Processing/Reprocessing Medical Devices in Health Care Settings Docket
On August 1, 2011, AMDR submitted comments to FDA's docket established to seek input on the agency's Draft Guidance for Industry and FDA Staff: Processing/Reprocessing [...]
July 2011
Healthcare Purchasing News: Sustainability and Supply Chain Simplicity?
by Susan Cantrell, ELS August 2011 Issue St. Joseph Health System grows its reprocessing program through a custom supply chain solution and a dose of [...]
Majority of Healthcare Executives Likely to Join an ACO
AMDR President, Daniel J. Vukelich, posted on the joint Squire Sanders/AMDR Accountable Care Forum on the results of a recent survey on likely ACO participation. Many [...]
FDA Unique Device Identification Workshop
FDA has made online registration available for the agency's Unique Device Identification (UDI) workshop to be held September 12 and 13, 2011. For more background [...]