In the Press
December 2018
Becker’s Healthcare named 68 of the most “green” hospitals in the U.S.
AMDR congratulates Becker’s Greenest hospitals and proud to see medical device reprocessing included in so many hospitals’ sustainability initiatives. "Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital (Downers Grove, [...]
November 2018
Global Reprocess Medical Devices Market: 5.6 billion by 2025
AnalystView Market Insights reports "the global reprocessed medical devices market is expected to grow at the growth rate of 17.4% to reach USD 5.6 billion [...]
Medical Device Reprocessing Market Business Analysis — Expected CAGR of 14.90% thru 2024
From Data Bridge Market Research: "Global Medical Device Reprocessing Market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 14.90% during the forecast period of 2017 [...]
Reprocessed Medical Devices market growing at a CAGR of 15.0% By 2024
Medical Market Research reports that "according to Goldstein Research, global reprocessed medical devices market is expected to reach USD 5.12 billion by 2024, growing at a [...]
Cardinal Health Joins AMDR!
WASHINGTON, D.C. – November 2, 2018 – Today the Association of Medical Device Reprocessors (AMDR) announces the addition of Cardinal Health to its membership roster. [...]
Breaking point: should we be reusing more medical devices?
Medical Technology addresses efforts by some manufacturers to force obsolesce into their medical devices -- attempts to thwart reprocessing and drive up sales: A huge [...]
October 2018
Modern Healthcare: Hospitals have an unrealized $25.4 billion supply chain opportunity
Modern Healthcare reports that hospitals could save "25.4 billion if they improve their supply chain operations and harness data, according to a new report." That amounts to [...]
Planned Obsolescence and Single-Use Reprocessing in Healthcare
MedTech Intelligence features an article by Dr. Lars Thording of Innovative Health on Planned Obsolescence in the medical device sector. Dr. Thording notes: Reprocessing “single-use” [...]
Europe Single-use Medical Device Reprocessing Market expected to witness the fastest growth during the forecast period
Market Reports World estimates the European single-use medical device reprocessing market will register a CAGR of 6.1% during the forecast period of 2018 - 2023. Noting [...]
Global Reprocessed Medical Devices Market: Estimated 17.4% YoY Growth
AnalystView Market Insights predicts global reprocessed medical device market to grow at 17.4 percent and reach $5.6 billion by 2025. “The global reprocessed medical devices [...]
Sustainability Efforts in Healthcare Lagging
WCAI, a local NPR station for the Cape and surrounding Massachusetts area reports on the need to improve sustainability in Healthcare: "Sustainability has become a [...]
Yale surgeons make sustainability and wellness a focus in their workplace
Yale Sustainability reports on how their surgeons make sustainability and wellness a focus in their workplace. Yale surgeons have a positive impact on individual lives [...]
September 2018
Dan Vukelich, President and CEO of AMDR, The Washington Based Association for Medical Device Reprocessing Companies, Interview with French Federal of Private Hospitals (AMDR English Translation)
This article was originally posted in the French Federation of private hospitals newsletter. The original version can be found in French at this link. What is [...]
Vanguard AG Completes Takeover of Pioneer Medical Devices AG
AMDR congratulates member company Vanguard AG in completing its acquisition of Pioneer Medical. AMDR's translation to English of portions of release. For full release, see [...]
August 2018
AMDR Member Stryker Named 25 on Fortune Magazine’s Top 57 Companies Changing the World
AMDR congratulates member-company, Stryker, for its inclusion in Fortune Magazine’s top 57 companies changing the world! The Change the World list recognizes companies that have had [...]
A profitable prescription: More US hospitals are going green to keep them out of the red
USAToday reports on how US hospitals are going green in order to keep them afloat. "The health care sector — one of the nation’s largest [...]
95 percent of U.S. News & World Report’s ‘Honor Roll’ hospitals are reprocessing with one of AMDR’s member companies
The release of the new U.S. News & World Report list of America’s “honor roll” hospitals confirms that 95% of America’s top hospitals are reprocessing [...]
Healthcare Purchasing News and the Greenhealth Exchange announce the inaugural Sustainability in Healthcare Supply Chain Survey
"Greenhealth Exchange (GX) and Healthcare Purchasing News (HPN) announced today the Sustainability in Healthcare Supply Chain Survey. The survey will be issued for responses on August 20, [...]
Making a hole in medical waste
The Nation discusses ways to repurpose spent medical materials in this riveting article. "RECYCLING and its close cousin upcycling have caught in recent years but here [...]
Aramark pledges reduction in single-use plastics
The Greenerpackage reports about Aramark's efforts to reduce single use plastics. "The foodservice management company is the latest to disavow single-use plastics, committing to significantly [...]