ASC Review reports: 6 Things to Know About ASC Reprocessing (12/15/10): With supply costs as one of the top two expenses for surgery centers (staffing is the other), more and more ASCs are purchasing reprocessed

The Des Moines Business Record Reports: Recycling boosts Iowa Health's bottom line (12/09/2010, by Todd Razor): Hospitals have reused surgical tools such as drill bits, saw blades and tourniquets for decades. And though it may

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