The Sustainability Roadmap for Hospitals is a new web-based resource center designed to assist organizations to become "green" facilities, according to the Association for Healthcare Resource and Materials Management. The website, produced by AHRMM, the

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