Patient well-being is naturally a top priority for health systems. However, leading organizations are increasingly turning their attention to the environmental impact of their operations. Many ...

Regulated medical device reprocessing is an important tool in improving environmental and public health outcomes, according to a new analysis published in Health Affairs. Health care systems generate ...

Every healthcare facility faces the same challenge: to reduce costs without sacrificing the delivery of quality care. As a result of dwindling healthcare reimbursements, and increased awareness of ...

The Emergency Care Research Institute (ECRI Institute) has released its annual "Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns for Healthcare Organizations," naming some repeat offenders—like device reprocessing—to ...

BERLIN & WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Hospitals could cut emissions associated with some medical device use in half by opting instead for regulated, reprocessed “single-use” medical devices. The LCA ...

MUNDELEIN, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Medline, a global medical supplies distributor and manufacturer, today announced a new agreement with Novation, a leading health care services company serving the ...

It might surprise you that Europe, and specifically the European Union (EU), is lagging far behind the United States when it comes to the re-use of single-use devices. After all, Europe is usually ...

Grist is a nonprofit, independent media organization dedicated to telling stories of climate solutions and a just future. In 2015, a marine biologist filmed her team removing a plastic straw from a ...

2021 will be the year when a circular healthcare economy will become a vital conversation in the United States. The pandemic has led to a focus on the need to re-use some medical devices and ...

A Tennessee-based company specializing in medical device manufacturing and reprocessing plans to invest $1.2 million to expand its Norfolk operations, adding 60 jobs, the governor announced Friday.

Regulated medical device reprocessing is an important tool in improving environmental and public health outcomes, according to a new analysis published in Health Affairs. The paper indicates that ...