Celebrating Health Care Without Harm’s 20th Anniversary
Gary Cohen reflects on the last two decades in the environmental health movement and offers an opportunity for health care to redefine its role in the 21st century. When we started Health Care Without Harm,
Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC):
Reuse of Single-Use Medical Devices, Guideline for Disinfection and Sterilization in Healthcare Facilities (2008) “… In August 2000, FDA released a guidance document on single-use devices reprocessed by third parties or hospitals.995 In this guidance
Giving "Choosing Wisely" a Sporting Chance
Source: Choosing Wisely “Choosing Wisely is something that corroborates the best practices in medicine very well,” said Dr. Anuruddh Kumar (A.K.) Misra, MD, Medical Director at US HealthWorks in
Determining the Cost of Not Going Green
A new Practice Greenhealth tool identifies the costs of medical devices from an environmental perspective Source: Jeff Ferenc, H&HN Magazine Leading health care sustainability steward Practice Greenhealth, Reston Va., rolled out a new tool
Study Shows Hospitals Waste Millions Tossing Away Unused Supplies
Source: Thomas Dworetzky, DotMed Sustainability in the OR may be challenging, but as cost containment becomes more important in the modern push to improve the efficiency of health care delivery, it is a must. In
WHO Global Model Regulatory Framework for Medical Devices Including IVDs
The World Health Organization (WHO)’s “Global Model Regulatory Framework for Medical Devices Including IVDs” draft document, released this last July, includes recommendations for regulatory authorities to adopt a policy whereby SUD reprocessing is subject to