In the Press
June 2022
Anthropocene Magazine: What will it take to shrink the carbon footprint of health care
One of the most instantly recognizable emblems of the past pandemic year is the discarded surgical mask: ground into mud at the edge of a walking [...]
Med-Tech News: Why sustainability is vital in the future production of medical devices
Sustainability is an issue that as medical device developers and manufacturers we need to embrace, but it is not straightforward. Moving forward, we need to [...]
Bloomberg: Hospitals Confront Their Climate Achilles Heel: Supply Chains
The health-care industry accounts for 8.5% of the United States’ greenhouse gas emissions, almost as much as agriculture. So the Biden administration is pushing hospital systems to do more [...]
I Online: Joao Queiroz e Melo. “I believe this will be more important than having had the first heart transplant”
. . . The case of reprocessing single-use devices is another example. There is an experience of 20 years in several countries. In Germany, 28 [...]
I Online: The environmental footprint of health costs the environment and public coffers
An analysis published in 2019 concluded that, in Portugal, healthcare has an impact of 4.8% on CO2 emissions. 30% could be reduced, believes João Queiroz [...]
SOL: Fighting Hidden Hospital Pollution
In Portugal, healthcare represents 4.8% of greenhouse emissions. Hospital beds produce five to six kilos of waste a day. Reprocessing of medical devices is stopped and could [...]
NHS Confederation: Procurement in the NHS: how our future will have to be different
…The NHS is already achieving some real successes, supported by procurement professionals and national partners. For example, working to reduce single-use plastics a number of [...]
Medical Device Network: Reprocessing of single-use devices lowers costs in cardiac operating suites
Many devices used in cardiac catheterisation labs and electrophysiology suites are single-use by design. Many of these devices—such as diagnostic and therapeutic electrophysiology catheters and [...]
Sustainable Procurement: Best Practices from Top Reprocessing Hospitals
Waste Not, Want Not U.S. hospitals account for a surprising 8.5% of all greenhouse gas emissions in the country (more than four times more than [...]
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First Global Regulatory Standards for “Single-Use” Medical Device Reprocessing and Remanufacturing Published by the Association of Medical Device Reprocessors GalleryFirst Global Regulatory Standards for “Single-Use” Medical Device Reprocessing and Remanufacturing Published by the Association of Medical Device Reprocessors
First Global Regulatory Standards for “Single-Use” Medical Device Reprocessing and Remanufacturing Published by the Association of Medical Device Reprocessors
[Washington/Berlin June 7, 2022] When health systems and hospitals use regulated reprocessed “single-use” devices, they reduce procedure costs without compromising patient safety, build supply chain [...]
Chief Healthcare Executive: Hospitals could save more than $2B with reprocessed medical devices: Report
Healthcare providers should look at it as a way to save money and reduce their environmental impact, says Daniel Vukelich, president of the Association of [...]
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 [...]
Heath Care Without Harm: G7 sets course for decarbonised, climate-resilient healthcare
In a significant step forward, G7 health ministers declared their aim “to build environmentally sustainable and climate-neutral health systems at the latest by 2050 and to support [...]
The Journal of Healthcare Contracting: Vizient announces Patty Olsen as Chief People Officer
May 31, 2022 – Vizient, Inc. announced that Patty Olsen has joined the company as chief people officer. In this role, Olsen will lead design [...]
May 2022
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Business Wire: U.S. Hospitals Could Save $2.28 Billion by Maximizing Use of Reprocessed “Single-Use” Devices, According to New Analysis from the Association of Medical Device Reprocessors GalleryBusiness Wire: U.S. Hospitals Could Save $2.28 Billion by Maximizing Use of Reprocessed “Single-Use” Devices, According to New Analysis from the Association of Medical Device Reprocessors
Business Wire: U.S. Hospitals Could Save $2.28 Billion by Maximizing Use of Reprocessed “Single-Use” Devices, According to New Analysis from the Association of Medical Device Reprocessors
WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--At a time when hospitals are under unprecedented logistical and financial strain, a new industry-wide report illuminates the potential for saving money and reducing [...]
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U.S. Hospitals Could Save $2.28 Billion by Maximizing Use of Reprocessed “Single-Use” Devices, According to New Analysis from the Association of Medical Device Reprocessors GalleryU.S. Hospitals Could Save $2.28 Billion by Maximizing Use of Reprocessed “Single-Use” Devices, According to New Analysis from the Association of Medical Device Reprocessors
U.S. Hospitals Could Save $2.28 Billion by Maximizing Use of Reprocessed “Single-Use” Devices, According to New Analysis from the Association of Medical Device Reprocessors
[May 31, 2022 - Washington, DC] At a time when hospitals are under unprecedented logistical and financial strain, a new industry-wide report illuminates the potential [...]
NHS University Hospitals Birmingham: Sustainable surgery: the first “net zero” operation in the NHS
A surgical team at University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust has completed the first documented "net zero" operation in the NHS - with the patient [...]
Greening the Healthcare Supply Chain: Life Cycle Assessment of Disposable vs. Remanufactured Medical Devices
Originally presented at the European Operating Room Nurses Association meeting, Stavenger, Norway, May 2022
Repertoire: Premier joins federal working group to drive greater resiliency in U.S healthcare supply chain
Premier announced its new role in the Biden Administration’s Healthcare and Public Health (HPH) Sector Joint Supply Chain Resilience Working Group. This team will offer near-real-time [...]
Bloomberg Law: Health Sector Gets HHS Push to Join Climate Change Fight
The Biden administration is making a first-of-its-kind ask of the health-care sector: to act on climate change. However, the pledge to reduce greenhouse gas emissions [...]