SurgiStrategies: Reprocessing of Medical Devices Can Be a Smart Business, Clinical Decision (06/10/10): The organization Practice Greenhealth says that the healthcare industry ranks among the largest users of energy and the highest producers of waste,

OR Manager: Winning Converts to SUD Reprocessing (June 2010): Reprocessing of single-use devices is now mainstream, with an estimated 70% of US hospitals using single-use devices reprocessed by third-party cmpanies, according to industry figures. In

Reuters: Pharma and Medical Supply Leaders' Rx for Greener Operations Buildings (06/03/10): When hospitals could no longer manage reprocessing internally, third-party reprocessors jumped in to fill the gap. Leading reprocessor Ascent, A Stryker Sustainability Solution,

Dotmed News: Ascent Healthcare Solutions Takes Home Prestigious Award (05/28/10): Ascent Healthcare Solutions, a medical device reprocessing company, was named the Purchased Services Supplier of the Year by VHA, a network of nonprofit health care

CHIMES (Calvin College Newspaper): Reprocessing Your Health (03/19/10): Gone are the days when hospital staff thoughtlessly tossed used medical equipment into the nearest landfill. According to a study released this month in the journal “Academic

Ecoglove.com, Responsible Device Strategies Saved Hospitals Millions of Dollars in 2009 (reprinted release):  Ascent, the market leader in the remanufacturing of medical devices in the U.S., announced today that its hospital partners realized hundreds of