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September 2010
Remanufactured Harmonic® Scalpels Equivalent to New in Safety and Performance
In a white paper entitled, Safety and Performance Evaluation of Remanufactured Harmonic® Scalpels, authors Ralph S. Carungi, D.O., FACS, FACOS and Irwin S. Simon, M.D., FACS, [...]
Environmental Expert.com, Reprocessing Medical Equipment Reduces Waste, Cut Costs
Environmental Expert.com, Reprocessing Medical Equipment Reduces Waste, Cut Costs (09/16/10): Hospitals facing the double whammy of trying to contain costs and be environmentally friendly are finding [...]
DotMedNews, Despite criticism, FDA process deemed safe
DotMedNews, Despite criticism, FDA process deemed safe (09/16/10): A study released Wednesday by the Advanced Medical Technology Association (AdvaMed) confirms the safety of the U.S. Food [...]
The New York Times, Medical Industry Ties Often Go Undisclosed in Journals
The New York Times, Medical Industry Ties Often Go Undisclosed in Journals (09/14/10): Twenty-five out of 32 highly paid consultants to medical device companies in [...]
AMDR Questions & Answers on the Latest European Commission Reprocessing Report
Questions and Answers on the European Commission Report: The Issue of the Reprocessing of Medical Devices in the European Union (27.8.2010) For a printable, PDF [...]
Premier Safety Institute, "Greening the OR" program hopes to reign in waste costs, improve quality
The Premier Safety Institute reports: "Greening the OR" program hopes to reign in waste costs, improve quality (09/15/10): Greening the OR Initiative Practice Greenhealth (PGH) [...]
August 2010
Letter to the Editor, Academic Medicine, An Ethical Imperative to Use Reprocessed Medical Equipment
Letter to the Editor, Academic Medicine, An Ethical Imperative to Use Reprocessed Medical Equipment: By using safe, reprocessed equipment, there will be less need for [...]
The Star Tribune, Putting Dollars to Dreams
The Star Tribune, Putting Dollars to Dreams, 08/01/10: For anyone thinking of starting a health care company in Minnesota, one of the first doors to [...]
EP Lab Digest: Ascent Leads Industry Commitment to Quality Healthcare as a First-Mover on GLN Readiness
EP Lab Digest: Ascent Leads Industry Commitment to Quality Healthcare as a First-Mover on GLN Readiness (08/24/10): As hospitals and providers work to adopt GS1 [...]
Stryker CEO to Represent Medical Technology Indistry on U.S. Commerce Dept. Manufacturing Council
Qmed, Stryker CEO to Represent Medical Technology Industry on U.S. Commerce Department's Manufacturing Council, (08/16/10): U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke has named Stephen P. [...]
July 2010
Healthcare Purchasing News Q&A on Reprocessed single use devices
Healthcare Purchasing News Q&A on Reprocessed single use devices, by Ray Taurasi (August 2010): Q We have been utilizing an outside third party source to reprocess [...]
Treehugger.com: U.S. Health Care Industry Makes a Dent in Massive Medical Waste
Treehugger.com: U.S. Health Care Industry Makes a Dent in Massive Medical Waste (07/17/10): If you've ever sat in the dentist's chair wondering where all those [...]
Orthopreneur, Single-Use Device Reprocessing to Gain Traction Under Reform
Orthopreneur: Single-Use Device Reprocessing to Gain Traction Under Reform, July/August 2010: The recent healthcare legislation has already created some urgency in identifying ways to improve [...]
HealthLeaders: Single-Use Device Reprocessing: Balancing Cost Savings, Patient Safety
HealthLeaders: Single-Use Device Reprocessing: Balancing Cost Savings, Patient Safety (07/13/10): Michele De Meo, sterile processing manager at Memorial Hospital in York, PA, says her facility [...]
Medical Device Reprocessing In the News
The Association of Medical Device Reprocessors (AMDR) is pleased to share more positive coverage of FDA-regulated medical device reprocessing in the mainstream media. The New [...]
Health Point Capital: Medical Device Reprocessing Gaining Traction in Hospitals Nationwide
Health Point Capital: Medical Device Reprocessing Gaining Traction in Hospitals Nationwide (07/13/10): Notably, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a comprehensive report in 2008 [...]
The Herald Tribune: In a World of Throwaways, Making a Dent in Medical Waste
The Herald Tribune: In a World of Throwaways, Making a Dent in Medical Waste (07/06/10): In a commentary published in March in Academic Medicine, Dr. [...]
Envirovaluation.org: In a World of Thrrowaways, Making a Dent in Medical Waste
Envirovaluation.org: In a World of Throwaways, Making a Dent in Medical Waste (07/11/10): In a commentary published in March in Academic Medicine, Dr. Martin A. [...]
The New York Times, Letters: Hospitals and Recycling
A letter-to-the-editor of The New York Times, Hospitals and Recycling (07/12/10): To the Editor: Re “In a World of Throwaways, Making a Dent in Medical Waste” [...]
Green Guide for Health Care Update: Explore FDA-regulated Reprocessing to Reduce Regulated Medical Waste
The Green Guide for Health Care version 2.2 (free registration required) has been released and includes recommendations for FDA-regulated reprocessing under the Regulated Waste Reduction section: [...]