Blog
May 2011
Photos from Congressman Paulsen's visit to SterilMed on May 6, 2011
The Congressman speaking to members of SterilMed's Executive team about the benefits of reprocessing. A SterilMed team [...]
AAMI TIR Takes One Step Closer to Release of Second Edition
On Monday, the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation's (AAMI) draft second edition to Technical Information Report (TIR) 30, "A compendium of processes, materials, test [...]
Reprocessing: What's to Fear?
Executive Insight May 2011 One of the tenets of environmental efforts is "reuse." And more hospitals, looking to save cash and avoid unnecessary medical waste, [...]
Reprocessed Medical Devices: Saving Money and Reducing Waste
Scrubs and Suits May 10, 2011 by Angela Atkinson Did you know that the healthcare industry is the second largest waste producer in the United [...]
Reprocessing Wars
Outpatient Surgery Magazine May 2011 Dan O'Connor, Editor-in-Chief Stacy Howard, RN, MHA, MBA, has major purchasing power. She buys all of the operating room and [...]
FDA Looks to Improve Design and Cleaning Instructions for Reusable Medical Devices
SURGistrategies May 3, 2011 The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced steps to help reduce the risk of exposure to improperly reprocessed devices that [...]
MedCon Medical Device Conference 2011
AMDR participates in MedCon 2011. Xavier University host's MedCon's Medical Device Conference 2011 in Cincinnati May 3-6. AMDR joins the global medical device community to discuss [...]
AMDR Participates in European Medical Travel Conference in Barcelona
AMDR participated in the annual European Medical Travel Conference, this year in Barcelona last week. AMDR focused on bringing attention to high quality and lower cost [...]
April 2011
Setting the Record Straight: The Debate over Reprocessing Should Focus on Facts and Science, Not Scare Tactics and Innuendo
In the May 2011 edition of the Journal of Medical Device Regulation, AMDR President Dan Vukelich wrote a letter to the editor in response to a [...]
Congrats to Vanguard on 15 Years of Reprocessing
AMDR congratulates Vanguard (Berlin) on 15 years of reprocessing! AMDR will join clinical and reprocessing industry leaders in Mannheim 27 April 2011 to celebrate Vanguard's 15 [...]
Capital Health Contracts with Ascent
The Chronicle Herald (Canada) reports that four hospitals under Capital Health's purview have launched a medical device reprocessing program with Ascent: For now, the hospitals [...]
CleanMed 2011 Wrap-Up
Earlier this month, AMDR had the privilege of attending the 2011 CleanMed conference in Phoenix, AZ, sponsored by Stryker, Health Care Without Harm and Practice GreenHealth, among others. [...]
Weekly Radio Show Discusses Healthcare Sustainability with Ascent's Lars Thording
Derrick Mains, host of Your Triple Bottom Line, sits down with Lars Thording, Senior Director for Marketing & Public Affairs with Ascent: A Stryker Sustainability [...]
Stryker Highlights Need for Healthcare Industry's Commitment to Sustainability Efforts
Infection Control Today Posted April 6, 2011 "As the title sponsor of the CleanMed Conference in Phoenix this week, Stryker Corporation highlighted the need for [...]
Ascent Among Elite Group of Manufacturers Honored for Lowering the Environmental Footprint of Healthcare
"PHOENIX, Ariz. – April 6, 2011 – Ascent, a division of Stryker Corporation and a leader in delivering healthcare resource sustainability, has been honored with [...]
SterilMed Receives Health Industry Environmental Excellence Award
"Maple Grove, Minn. – April 7, 2011 – SterilMed, Inc., a leader in the cleaning, sterilizing, and remanufacturing of medical devices and equipment for safe reuse [...]
Driving for Health Care Sustainability in the Purest Sense
"BJC HealthCare is pleased to announce that Ascent, a division of Stryker Corporation has awarded Barnes-Jewish St. Peters Hospital and Progress West HealthCare Center with [...]
ACO 101 – Unicorns No More
Check Out AMDR's Postings on ACOs on the Accountablecareforum: ACO 101 - Unicorns No More (Originally posted by Daniel J. Vukelich on April 01, 2011) [...]
Squire Sanders & Dempsey and AMDR Co-Sponsor New Online Forum for Accountable Care Organization (ACO) Developments
Squire, Sanders & Dempsey and the Association of Medical Device Reprocessors have launched Accountable Care Forum - From Volume to Value, a blog dedicated to analysis [...]