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Understanding Life Cycle Assessments: What they tell us about Reprocessed Single-Use Devices and Greenhouse Gas Emissions A Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is a systematic analysis of the environmental impacts associated with all the stages of a product's life from cradle to grave. This starts with the extraction of raw materials, materials processing, manufacturing,

Researchers and Regulators Endorse Reprocessing “[The] volume of products thrown away after a single use - from tourniquets and scissors to high-tech electronics - should concern all of us. We can no longer accept this as normal practice...By shifting to circular methods [including reprocessing], we can keep our resources as close as

Climate change is a public health issue that threatens all of us. Water and air pollution increase, leading to more chronic respiratory disease, such as asthma. Increased temperatures due to climate change lead to increased ground-level ozone, which cause airway inflammation and damages lung tissue. That hospitals are a leading cause of climate change producing emissions should be a call to action to all healthcare workers to reduce waste and lower emissions.