EP Lab Digest: Ascent Secures Top Supply Chain Contract from Premier (12/07/10): Ascent, a leader in delivering healthcare resource sustainability, is proud to announce it has been awarded a single-source contract for reprocessing services under

Infection Control Today: Hospitals Boost Sustainability Efforts, Reduce Environmental Impact, by Kelly M. Pyrek (11/16/10): ... Reprocessing allows hospitals to deploy more of their scarce resources to enhance patient care through quality initiatives. Each hospital can

Healthcare Purchasing News, Reprocessing is Not a Disposable Idea, November 2010 (see page 68):  . .. The function of a saw blade is to cleanly and accurately cut bone.  Imagine there are two products made

Ascent: A Stryker Sustainability Solution has made available a savings and waste-reduction estimator tool based on averages achieved by actual Ascent reprocessing customers.  To calculate your potential savings, click here.  Ascent notes that accurate savings

The device reprocessing debate: Can reprocessing help hospitals stretch resources and conserve the environment? (10/21/10); subscription required: The European Commission, hospitals and industry are looking for appropriate ways to regulate medical device reprocessing. Ashley Yeo

Medical Product Outsourcing, The EU Attempts to Clarify the Reprocessing of Medical Devices (10/21/10): ...The report’s introduction outlines the scope of what reprocessing might entail and provides examples of steps that reprocessing could include, such