In the Press
December 2021
Annals of Surgery: The Carbon Footprint of Surgical Operations
Abstract Summary of background data and objectives: Operating theatres are typically the most resource-intensive area of a hospital, 3–6 times more energy-intensive than the rest [...]
E&E News: Hospitals want to go green, but sustainability data is scarce
As Dr. Jodi Sherman thought about her residency at Stanford University, she couldn’t help but notice how many medical supplies, plastic, resources — stuff — [...]
The Washington Post: Biden wants to make federal government carbon neutral by 2050
The Biden administration announced Wednesday it aims to buy its way to a cleaner, cooler planet, spending billions to createa federal fleet of electric vehicles, upgrade [...]
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Federal Acquisition Regulation: Minimizing the Risk of Climate Change in Federal Acquisitions: Suggestions from the Association of Medical Device Reprocessors GalleryFederal Acquisition Regulation: Minimizing the Risk of Climate Change in Federal Acquisitions: Suggestions from the Association of Medical Device Reprocessors
Federal Acquisition Regulation: Minimizing the Risk of Climate Change in Federal Acquisitions: Suggestions from the Association of Medical Device Reprocessors
The Association of Medical Device Reprocessors (AMDR) is the global trade association representing the interests of regulated, commercial medical device reprocessing companies. We respectfully submit [...]
The Reprocessing Solution: Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Lowering Healthcare Costs
The health sector accounts for almost 5% of all carbon dioxide emissions worldwide. If it were a country, it would be the fifth largest emitter, [...]
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Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ’s) Role in Climate Change and Environmental Justice: Suggestions from the Association of Medical Device Reprocessors Gallery
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ’s) Role in Climate Change and Environmental Justice: Suggestions from the Association of Medical Device Reprocessors
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ’s) Role in Climate Change and Environmental Justice: Suggestions from the Association of Medical Device Reprocessors
The Association of Medical Device Reprocessors (AMDR) is the global trade association representing the interests of regulated, commercial medical device reprocessing companies. We respectfully submit [...]
The New England Journal of Medicine: Decarbonizing the U.S. Health Sector — A Call to Action
. . . Given the urgency of this endeavor, the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) is launching — and we are chairing — an Action [...]
Health Care Without Harm: Seven European countries commit to developing climate resilient, sustainable low-carbon health systems
Seven European countries have submitted formal commitments to the COP26 Presidency to strengthen the climate resilience and sustainability of their health systems. Belgium, Germany, Ireland, the [...]
Healthcare Purchasing News: From patients to the planet: A holistic approach to healthcare’s most wicked problems
Hospital and healthcare system leaders face numerous challenges: workforce burnout, staffing and supply shortages, increasing health disparities, and a continuing trend toward lower reimbursement and [...]
Healthcare Purchasing News: Competing priorities, multiple perspectives slow sustainability progress
. . .Contracting for and investing in environmentally preferred products is the most important priority among the four as it ensures the purchase of the [...]
SciELO Brazil: Single-use devices: reuse regulation policies and implications for collective health
The reuse of single-use medical devices implies health safety. This study analyzes regulatory systems for the reuse of single-use medical devices at an international level. It is [...]
AMDR comments to the UK Medicines and Healthcare Products Agency (MHRA)
. . . AMDR does not believe the additional specific requirements outlined in paragraph 31.11 are necessary. However, if maintained, AMDR urges MHRA to: Strike [...]
Health Care Business News: Six steps to make single-use device reprocessing more effective
Since 2000, hospitals have used FDA-regulated single-use device reprocessors to reduce costs across hospital service lines and lessen the environmental impact of single-use devices. The [...]
November 2021
Comments to Council on Environmental Quality; Federal Agency Climate Adaption and Resilience Plans
We are pleased to have the opportunity to comment on select federal agency climate adaptation and resilience plan submissions to the Council on Environmental Quality. [...]
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Royal College of Surgeons of England: Our over-reliance on single-use equipment in the operating theatre is misguided, irrational and harming our planet GalleryRoyal College of Surgeons of England: Our over-reliance on single-use equipment in the operating theatre is misguided, irrational and harming our planet
Royal College of Surgeons of England: Our over-reliance on single-use equipment in the operating theatre is misguided, irrational and harming our planet
The enormity of climate change can leave us feeling paralysed and uncertain where to direct our efforts, including how to reduce the environmental harms of [...]
MedPage Today: What’s Healthcare’s Role in Combating the Climate Crisis?
Amid the U.N.'s climate summit in Glasgow this week, global leaders have made commitments to slash greenhouse gas emissions in an effort to combat the [...]
ABC News: Most favor steps against climate change, though public divides on its urgency: POLL
Broad majorities of Americans see climate change as a serious problem and favor government regulation of greenhouse gas emissions to address it. Yet, the public [...]
The Wall Street Journal: Johnson & Johnson to Split Consumer From Pharmaceutical, Medical-Device Businesses, Creating Two Companies
Johnson & Johnson plans to break up into two companies, splitting off the $15-billion-a-year division that sells Band-Aid bandages, Tylenol medicines and Johnson’s Baby Powder [...]
NY Times: More Than 40 Nations Pledge to Cut Emissions From Their Health Industries
The United States, which accounts for more than a quarter of health-sector carbon dioxide emissions globally, joined in the commitment to clean up its health [...]
Science Direct: Circular business models in the medical device industry: paths towards sustainable healthcare
Highlights • Various medical device companies apply Circular Economy (CE) strategies • Circular strategies application differs based on medical device value and criticality • Nine [...]