In the Press
August 2022
Health Care Without Harm: Designing a Net Zero Roadmap for Healthcare: Technical Methodology and Guidance
Since the industrial revolution, anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions have risen dramatically. As the most significant contributory factor to our changing climate, these gases have [...]
New book: The Sustainability Scorecard: How to Implement and Profit from Unexpected Solutions
Using a rigorous, straightforward scorecard as a guide, this book shows business leaders and innovators how to create breakthrough sustainable products and processes that are [...]
Modern Healthcare: Healthcare is Dirty. There’s Still Time to Clean it up.
At Boston Medical Center, a 2,700-square-foot rooftop farm produces more than three tons of vegetables each year. The U.S. healthcare system emits the same amount [...]
DAIC: Post-Pandemic, the Conversations Have Lost Relevance
Hospitals in the U.S. are suffering under a debilitating post-pandemic financial and operational trauma. Ascension posted an almost $900 million loss in Q1 of 2022, down [...]
July 2022
The American Journal of Gastroenterology: Climate Change and Gastroenterology: Planetary Primum Non Nocere and How Industry Must Help
Climate change is a global emergency. Increasing awareness has led to policy changes regarding global industry emissions. The healthcare industry carbon footprint is large and [...]
AMDR Comments to FDA; Virtual Public Workshop – Building Medical Device Supply Chain Resilience
Dear Dr. Beckham: The Association of Medical Device Reprocessors (AMDR) sincerely thanks FDA for including the medical device reprocessing industry as a collaborator in the [...]
Aneel Bhangu: Surgical energy devices in the #NHS – time for ‘value surgery’?
Four known facts: 1. Most surgeons either don't know the cost of the equipment they use or work in systems with vastly differing costs. Our [...]
Free Workshop: Remanufacturing: A Solution for Business Resilience to Supply Chain Disruption?
With many businesses affected by disruption to supply chain, it can be argued that now is the perfect time for remanufacturing sceptics to take the [...]
American Journal of Public Health (AJPH): The Public Health Crisis Is Planetary—and Nursing Is Crucial to Addressing It
. . . Global nursing organizations have called for significant action on climate change and other issues that threaten planetary health. Some organizations are leading [...]
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Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency: Government response to consultation on the future regulation of medical devices in the United Kingdom GalleryMedicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency: Government response to consultation on the future regulation of medical devices in the United Kingdom
Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency: Government response to consultation on the future regulation of medical devices in the United Kingdom
67.2 The government response After careful consideration of responses, it remains the government’s intention to proceed with proposals to regulate the re-manufacturing of single-use devices, [...]
The White House: FACT SHEET: Health Sector Leaders Join Biden Administration’s Pledge to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions 50% by 2030
Today, the Biden-Harris Administration announced that 61 of the largest U.S. hospital and health sector companies responded to the Administration’s Health Sector Climate Pledge, committing to [...]
HHS: Biden-Harris Administration catalyzes private health sector commitments to reduce climate impacts and protect public health
(Washington, D.C.) – Today, the Biden-Harris Administration is announcing how President Biden’s leadership on climate change is catalyzing private health sector commitments to reduce greenhouse gas [...]
Research Gate: A case study of the environmental and economic sustainability of using remanufactured ultrasound catheters
Climate change has increasingly become the biggest issue of this century. This requires action in all sectors, to try and restore the planet back to [...]
June 2022
Global Green and Healthy Hospitals: Sustainable Procurement Guide – Register now for the virtual launch
More than 70% of the climate footprint of the health care sector stems from its supply chain and purchasing. Sustainable procurement practices provide an opportunity [...]
Forbes: Supply-Chain Snags Create Shortages Of Lifesaving Medical Supplies In U.S.
Lori Lee spends a lot of time trying to keep Connecticut’s largest health system stocked with medical supplies from IV lines to gauze bandages. It’s [...]
Modern Healthcare: Q&A: At the Intersection of Healthcare and Climate Change
. . . We’ve also made some inroads across our own system with regard to sustainability. We have reduced our greenhouse gas emissions from energy [...]
Response from AMDR to Request for Information: Current Assessment of Climate Change Impacts on Outcomes, Care, and Health Equity
The Association of Medical Device Reprocessors (AMDR) thanks CMS for the opportunity to comment and appreciates the agency’s attention to addressing the adverse environmental impacts [...]
AAMI ST98: The First Cleaning Validation Standard for Medical Device Manufacturers
The AAMI technical information report, TIR30:2011/(R)2016, A compendium of processes, materials, test methods, and acceptance criteria for cleaning reusable medical devices, and a proposed, and the 2015 [...]
Healthcare Business News: Enough is enough – We need our reprocessing savings
As an Electrophysiology Specialist about to leave a long career at US hospitals, I have served as an Electrophysiology (EP) coordinator and technologist. We have [...]
Becker’s Hospital Review: Hospitals could save $2B by extending the life of ‘single-use’ medical devices, advocacy group says
American health systems could potentially save $2.3 billion through extending the life of "single-use" medical devices by reprocessing them, according to a May 31 report from the [...]