Reduced costs
A typical 200-bed hospital could save between $600,000 and $1,000,000 a year through reprocessing.1
Reprocessing not only reduces the acquisition cost of devices, it help to reduce disposal fees and provides a reliable supply chain.
Reprocessing allows you to spend money on what matters.
Purchasing reprocessed devices not only provides savings – it creates value. The value created through reprocessing can be used to improve patient care, fund medical research, and reinvest in health systems.
A typical 200-bed hospital could save between $600,000 and $1,000,000 a year through reprocessing.1
Reprocessing not only reduces the acquisition cost of devices, it help to reduce disposal fees and provides a reliable supply chain.
The savings provided by reprocessing can be used on what truly matters – patient care.
Environmental well-being is critical to human health. Reprocessing gives hospitals the unique ability to care for current patients while helping to care for our future.
If hospitals nationwide began reprocessing, savings could exceed to $5.4 billion over five years.2
Resources:
1AMDR. (2011). The Business Case for Reprocessing. http://amdr.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Business-Case-for-Reprocessing-for-web-1.pdf
2https://www.commonwealthfund.org/sites/default/files/documents/___media_files_publications_issue_brief_2012_nov_1641_kaplan_can_sustainable_hosps_bend_cost_curve_ib.pdf
3Practice Greenhealth. https://practicegreenhealth.org/topics/waste/waste-0
4Eckelman MJ, Sherman J (2016) Environmental Impacts of the U.S. Health Care System and Effects on Public Health. PLOS ONE 11(6): e0157014.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0157014