FIRST-EVER Healthier Hospitals Initiative's 2012 Milestone Report
Data from U.S. Hospitals Shows Decreased Environmental Impacts and Costs In the first-ever Healthier Hospitals Initiative 2012 Milestone Report, 370 HHI-member hospitals indicate that they have reduced their environmental footprint, lowered costs and improved patient health by
Healthcare Programs Reap Benefits from Reprocessing
Hundreds of hospitals saved a collective $32 million in 2012 by reprocessing single-use medical devices, a practice that was highlighted by the Healthier Hospitals Initiative in its first milestone report detailing the program’s results over
CleanMed Announces its Fourth Annual European Conference –Pathways to Sustainable Healthcare
Health Care Without Harm Europe and The Centre for Sustainable Healthcare are pleased to invite you to its 2013 conference in Oxford, UK where you can share problems and solutions with 450 others working on
CleanMed 2013 – Connect to the Power of the Health Care Sector
AMDR President Dan Vukelich is attending CleanMed in Boston this week (http://www.cleanmed.org/). It is the premier conference on environmental sustainability for the health care sector. The conference attracts leaders and key decision makers from across
Vascular Solutions Surpasses 20,000 Successfully Reprocessed ClosureFAST(R) Catheters
Reprocessing of popular vein treatment catheter results in significant cost savings and medical waste reduction for vein practices. Since the service was launched in January of 2012, more than 400 clinics have contracted to have
How Nurses Impact Reprocessing Programs
Brian White, President of Stryker Sustainability Solutions discusses how hospitals experience significant cost-savings and waste-reduction benefits as a result of a well-integrated, well-supported reprocessing programs. Sustainability efforts he writes, are particularly optimized through clinical staff
