Healthcare Without Harm Honors Environmental Health Hero
Health Care Without Harm (HCWH) has honored Bill Ravanesi—a photographer, documentarian, activist, and tireless champion for social justice with its Environmental Health Hero Award for his contribution to the implementation of sustainable health care. “Bill is
Association of Medical Device Reprocessors President Daniel Vukelich will be speaking at the International Association of Healthcare Central Service Material Management today
AMDR President, Dan Vukelich will be speaking today at the International Association of Healthcare Central Sterile Materiel Management (IAHCSMM) conference in San Diego. IAHCSMM has been a premier association for central service and sterile processing
The Association of Medical Device Reprocessors would like to thank nurses during National Nurses Week.
AMDR joins the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses to celebrate Nurses Week! To celebrate its nurses this week and beyond, AORN released a video from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation that captures the extensive work
Hospitals Find Returns on Investment in Re-Use and Reprocessing Efforts
Last year, an initiative of 350 hospitals under the Healthy Hospitals Initiative (HHI) recycled more than 50 million pounds of materials, diverted 61.5 million pounds of construction and demolition waste from landfills, and saved almost
Greening Hospitals Would Cut Health Care Costs
Cutting energy use and waste could save $5.4 billion over the next five years and $15 billion over 10 years. Although hospitals are making progress, they are still among the most energy-intensive facilities accounting for 8% of
American Hospital Association Launches Revamped Sustainability Roadmap Website
The American Hospital Association (AHA) has launched a revamped website that provides free, practical tools to help healthcare facilities reduce their environmental footprints. The Sustainability Roadmap www.sustainabilityroadmap.org/ shows hospitals how to implement real-world sustainability projects,