Check out Stryker Sustainability Solutions’ April Reprocessing Report newsletter.  In it, Stryker applauds the Association of Medical Device Reprocessors which marked 15 years of promoting safe, lower-cost, and environmentally friendly medical device reprocessing:

In 2012 alone, our members helped generate $336 million in savings for more than 3,000 U.S. hospitals, and helped divert 10.5 million pounds of waste from landfills. Our association, representing the third-party reprocessing industry, has helped grow reprocessing from a $20 million industry in 2000 to a $400 million industry today.  While these results are positive, the untapped potential to grow reprocessing adoption is still enormous.

Click here to read the full report.