An inside look at medical device reprocessing with key insight from industry leaders
Editors Note: This article originally posted on Medline's website.
The medical device reprocessing industry assists healthcare organizations in achieving their financial and sustainability goals by reprocessing and remanufacturing medical devices for reuse through a multistep process. This process includes validated cleaning, disinfection, and sterilization as well as end-to-end refurbishing and extensive functionality testing to ensure devices are essentially brand new.
Medline ReNewal, a division of Medline Industries, Inc., reprocesses over 5,000 different medical devices across the healthcare sector with a 99.98% quality rating. The company’s high-quality rating is attributed to its rigorous processes in which 100% of their devices are tested and inspected using U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recognized standards and a 100% safety warranty on all devices.
Medline ReNewal collaborates with and manages reprocessing programs for over 2,000 healthcare organizations. In 2018, the company reprocessed over 1.5 million medical devices in their Redmond, Oregon facility while collecting close to 200,000 medical devices per month. In this period, the company also diverted over 700,000 pounds, equivalent to 345 mid-size cars, of waste from landfills and expects to divert well over 1 million pounds in 2019. These environmental savings add up as operating rooms in the U.S. generate more than 2,000 tons of waste per day. Click here to continue>>
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