Health Care Without Harm: Hospitals Can Heal America Through What and How They Buy
Health care sits at the epicenter of the COVID-19 and climate crises, caring for those who are stricken by the virus or, find themselves in the paths of wildfires, hurricanes, heat waves, and drought. Low-income
Associations Now: How One Association Made A Speedy Impact During COVID-19
The Association of Medical Device Reprocessors helped get PPE to hospitals as the pandemic intensified. Its next step is making the healthcare industry more sustainable. A lot has been said about how strange the passage
Grist: Should hospitals reuse medical supplies? A new study says yes.
In 2015, a marine biologist filmed her team removing a plastic straw from a sea turtle’s nostril. The video went viral, and a few years later, the global campaign to eliminate single-use plastics was in full swing. Companies like
Healthcare Finance News: Reprocessing single-use medical devices boosts circular economy for hospitals
Regulated medical device reprocessing is an important tool in improving environmental and public health outcomes, according to a new analysis published in Health Affairs. Health care systems generate significant amounts of air pollution and greenhouse
CleanMed Europe 2020: The “eco-responsible” healthcare congress
CleanMed Europe 2020: The "eco-responsible" healthcare congress Medical devices used in healthcare also have an adverse effect on the environment. Part of the problem concerns, in particular, single-use devices, which encourage an accumulation of waste,
Health Affairs: Transforming The Medical Device Industry: Road Map To A Circular Economy
A circular economy involves maintaining manufactured products in circulation, distributing resource and environmental costs over time and with repeated use. In a linear supply chain, manufactured products are used once and discarded. In high-income nations,