New England Journal of Medicine: Modernizing Device Regulation
Dr. Alan M. Garber writes about Modernizing Device Regulation in the New England Journal of Medicine: Medical devices hold tremendous potential for both good and harm. A modernized and more appropriate approach to their regulation
Hospital Management: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle: Reprocessing Medical Devices
Reprocessing medical devices has always been a part of the medical-device life cycle, in both the developed and the developing economies of the world. While it has now transformed into an important, cost-saving, sophisticated process
The New York Times: Now Comes the Hard Part
The New York Times, in a Jonathan Cohn Op-ed, Now Comes the Hard Part, writes (03/26/10): BENDING THE CURVE Dozens of new initiatives are intended to control, or at least reduce, the cost of medical
Dotmed.com's AORN Video Profile: Ascent Healthcare Solutions
DOTmed.com's AORN Video Profile: Ascent Healthcare Solutions (03/23/10): As hospitals and health care providers look for ways to become more environmentally friendly, companies like Ascent Healthcare Solutions, that specialize in medical device reprocessing, thrive. Lars
European Commission: Scientific Committee on Emerging and Newly Identified Health Risks
The European Commission's Scientific Committee on Emerging and Newly Identified Health Risks (SCENIHR) 6th meeting of the Working Group on Reprocessing of Single-Use Medical Devices released minutes from the March 10, 2010 meeting. At AMDR, we believe
Science Daily: Going Green in the Hospital: Recycling Medical Equipment Saves Money, Reduces Waste and Is Safe
Science Daily: Going Green in the Hospital: Recycling Medical Equipment Saves Money, Reduces Waste and Is Safe (02/26/10): Wider adoption of the practice of recycling medical equipment -- including laparoscopic ports and durable cutting tools