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,
Health Affairs: Health Care Pollution And Public Health Damage In The United States: An Update
From the December edition of Health Affairs and authors Matt Eckleman and Jodi Sherman, et. al: The US health care system is responsible for about a quarter of all global health care greenhouse gas emissions,
Researchers find Reprocessing of Single Use Medical Devices Part of Urgently Needed “Circular Economy”
Researchers find Reprocessing of Single-Use Medical Devices Part of Urgently Needed Adoption of “Circular Economy” Health Affairs Paper Finds Healthcare Supply Chains Major Sources of Pollution and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Embargoed Until December 7, 2020