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Outpatient Surgery E-Weekly

Contact Congress Over Drug Shortage Issues

A Kentucky congressman is urging surgical facilities to contact their members of Congress and request that they sign his letter demanding changes to...

N.J. Posts ASC Inspection Reports Online

State and federal inspection reports of New Jersey's ASCs are now available online, giving patients an opportunity to make more informed choices abo...

Are Opioids Necessary?

While it's not always practical, or even possible, to eliminate opioids from your post-op pain management regiment, reducing their use in favor of n...

Archive >  Going Green 2009

Are You Reprocessing Single-use Devices?

Once everyone's on board, the savings go on and on.

Sheila Jobe-Lockwood, CHMM; and Tung Thanh Nguyen, Operations Manager

One of the tenets of our green practices is that recycling is great, but reuse is better. Reuse keeps items out of the waste stream and lessens the demand for the raw materials and energy needed to manufacture products in the first place. That's why we began reprocessing single-use devices. In 2008 the program saved us $496,123 and diverted 5.8 tons of waste from the landfill. Those are 2 big reasons why you need to add the practice to your instrument care routine.

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