MD&M East

Reprocessed Liability

Throughout the healthcare community, the reuse of medical products designated by original equipment manufacturers as single-use devices (SUDs) remains a controversial topic. In the reprocessing ...
Business Wire

National Academies of Medicine's Climate Collaborative Recommends Hospitals Use More FDA Regulated Reprocessed Devices as Strategy to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions

WASHINGTON & BERLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--As part of its Action Collaborative on Decarbonizing the U.S. Health Sector, the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) is recommending the use of reprocessed medical ...
Becker's ASC

5 Critical Steps in the Reprocessing of Single-Use Devices

In 2000, the FDA began to view and regulate all companies reprocessing single-use medical devices in the same way it viewed and regulated original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). Before returning ...
Kellogg School of Management

Understanding the Carbon Footprint of Reprocessed Medical Devices

Medline ReNewal turned to Northwestern's MSES program to help evaluate the impact of its reprocessing efforts to reduce medical waste in landfills. Medline is a medical supply manufacturer and ...
MedCity News

Is Europe About to Overtake the U.S.’s Leadership Position in Healthcare Sustainability via Reprocessing?

In 2000, when FDA led the U.S. to become the first country in the world to regulate the use of reprocessed single-use devices, the agency responded to concerns from manufacturers and physicians that ...
Becker's ASC

Meeting AAAHC Standards for Reprocessing Single-Use Devices and Equipment

Jack Egnatinsky, MD, medical director of the AAAHC and a retired anesthesiologist, discusses what ASCs must do to meet AAAHC standards if they reprocess single-use devices and equipment. Dr. Jack ...