Association of Medical Device Reprocessors

05/23/2025

For over 25 years, AMDR has fought to protect reprocessing from relentless attacks by some original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), who view our industry as a threat to their “take-make-waste,” or disposable business model. But while these companies have consistently failed to destroy us through...

10/17/2024

Nearly 2K and surgical centers saved almost a half billion dollars and cut by over 98MM pounds (44.5MM Kg) in 2023 thanks to regulated, commercially reprocessed “single-use” (SUDs), the latest AMDR Member Survey shows. See our release: https://ow.ly/rwkv50TMMHx

“AMDR members partner with hospitals to dramatically reduce cost, waste, and greenhouse gas emissions by using regulated, reprocessed SUDs,” said Daniel J. Vukelich, President and CEO, Association of Medical Device Reprocessors. “While these numbers are record setting and robust, they represent only a small fraction of the reprocessed devices that hospitals could use.”

Explore this groundbreaking data, made available through AMDR's free greenhouse gas emissions calculator, to learn why hospitals and surgical centers in the United States and 14 additional countries, along with every U.S. health system except for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs hospital system, embrace regulated R-SUDs.

09/20/2024

AMDR is pleased to see the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) - U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VHA) called out for the wasteful practice of using only virgin devices when U.S. Food and Drug Administration-regulated, reprocessed devices are as safe, effective, and available. They cost less too. It's time for the VHA to stop wasting taxpayer money.

Read and share HealthCareWithoutHarm's recent letter: https://ow.ly/N78z50TrZ2U

Health Care Without Harm recently sent a letter to the Veterans Health Administration to re-evaluate their current policy that categorically prohibits SUD reprocessing, an essential component needed to meet their sustainability goals. September 19, 2024The Honorable Dr. Shereef ElnahalUnder Secreta...

08/13/2024

More are seeing the enormous benefits of green innovations like of "single-use" medical devices (R-SUDs). Read this outstanding DOTmed story to learn how embracing R-SUDs can advance goals and save costs. https://ow.ly/vJN550SPWtJ

Discover how expanding use of sustainable solutions in the space can improve patient care, cut costs, and strengthen supply chains. 👨‍⚕️👩‍⚕️

An industry seeking to balance 'a duty to society with a duty to the individual patient'

04/22/2024

Celebrate by exploring AMDR’s new CO2 calculator, powered by research from LCAs that show “single-use” (rSUDs) reduce at hospitals by an average of 44%: https://ow.ly/CQaG50RkQlJ

The calculator gives sustainability managers a free tool to track and lower emissions at hospitals by using rSUDs.

"We have long had the science to prove reprocessing is safe, and more recently because of peer reviewed life cycle assessments, we know they substantially cut emissions compared to using virgin devices," said Daniel J. Vukelich, President and CEO, AMDR. "But now, we’ve created a free calculator tool – available for all to use – so that hospitals everywhere can approximate how much they are reducing their carbon footprint by using reprocessed 'single-use' devices."

By using rSUDs, AMDR members help nearly 10,000 slash pollution-causing waste from the medical supply chain while saving costs and critical resources.

"LCAs have been providing valuable data and insights in other industries for decades, and we're proud to help translate this science into meaning for hospitals," said sustainability researcher Cassandra Thiel, PhD, President and CEO of Clinically Sustainable Consulting. "Based on the research, a switch to more reprocessed devices is a straightforward way for hospitals to reduce their carbon footprint."

04/15/2024

A growing body of research shows that medical devices gives providers simple, immediate ways to help shrink their while saving costs.

Explore this handy checklist in a recent DOTmed.com, Inc article by Lars Thording to see what questions hospitals can ask to optimize the tremendous value of reprocessing programs: https://ow.ly/ztlA50R3P3y

Part 2 of 3 in a series by Lars Thording, VP of marketing & public affairs at Innovative Health LLC

04/11/2024

On my way Jodi!

The Yale Healthcare Conference is a student-led event that brings together professionals, scholars, and students to engage in informative discussion focused on identifying solutions to contemporary healthcare issues.

02/12/2024

"Single-use" medical device (SUD) saved U.S. and medical centers nearly $51M while diverting 1.6M pounds of waste and reducing disposal costs by nearly $500K, Practice Greenhealth's recently released 2023 Sustainability Benchmark Data Report shows.

Check it out and take a closer look at how U.S. health systems are benefiting from SUD reprocessing programs they implemented: https://ow.ly/37yn50Qx3ZJ

12/07/2023

As world leaders gather in Dubai for to on solutions that limit the impact of climate change, now is the time to reverse the EU Medical Device Regulation’s (MDR) opt-out default provision for single-use device , a simple innovation that helps extend the lifespan of medical products and build resilience into medical supply chains. Read AMDR President and CEO Daniel J. Vukelich, Esq., CAE’s latest article: https://ow.ly/Qh9o50QgbUT

Opting into the EU MDR will make it easier for countries like France, Austria, and Poland to fulfill their commitment to advance decarbonization in the health sector, allowing hospitals to use regulated, commercially remanufactured, CE-marked that research shows could help them cut by as much as 60%, slash waste, and lower spiraling costs.

Learn why we believe the opt-out default provision of the EU MDR is an anti-competitive policy that forces EU hospitals to generate huge amounts of waste and emissions that hurt the planet, harm public health, and needlessly drive up costs in a time of great financial strain.

11/01/2023

The sleep medicine industry can take steps now to advance environmental sustainability by accelerating use of reprocessed "single-use" medical devices (R-SUDs), because they "can reduce greenhouse gas emissions, cost, and waste, and they strengthen supply chain resilience," AMDR President Daniel J. Vukelich says in Sleep Review's new story: https://ow.ly/5V7950PMVuV

A growing number of studies show that reprocessing and other green technologies can help hospitals build a circular economy by maximizing the product life cycle while minimizing waste disposal that harms the health of populations and the planet. Read about innovations that can help sleep medicine cut its , with insights from Jodi D. Sherman, MD, founding director of the Yale Program on Healthcare Environmental Sustainability, along with other experts from Health Care Without Harm, Practice Greenhealth, The Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, and Wake Forest Medical Center: https://ow.ly/5V7950PMVuV

An experience with a single-use HST inspired me to find out how sleep medicine could do more to facilitate environmental sustainability.

08/25/2023

Check out this fantastic roadmap, developed by Kaiser Permanente and HealthCareWithoutHarm, to learn how health systems, suppliers, and group purchasing organizations can collaborate to identify areas for collective action that will drive greater sustainability throughout healthcare and beyond: https://ow.ly/46eB50PzcNS

“Single-use” reprocessing creates new opportunities for and suppliers to cut deadly levels of by reducing waste from the medical supply chain — also saving costs for providers in a time of great financial strain.

"Engaging clinicians in reprocessing pilots can lead to increased adoption of reprocessed devices, resulting in cost savings, waste reduction, and the potential for improved access to medical devices in resource-constrained settings. Hospitals save approximately 50% for every reprocessed device purchased and spend less on disposal of waste."

Learn more in "Catalyzing Collective Action to Decarbonize Healthcare": https://ow.ly/46eB50PzcNS

Kaiser Permanente Thrive

07/26/2023

Today we're thrilled to shine a light on The Reusies 2023 Activist of the Year, Daniel Vukelich!

Taking on the one-way throw-away paradigm from a unique angle, as CEO of Association of Medical Device Reprocessors , Dan provides hospital management and policy makers with the tools to reduce greenhouse emissions, cost, and waste through the safe reuse of "single-use" medical devices. When he began this work in 2000, roughly $20M worth of single-use devices were collected and reprocessed at a handful of hospitals. Today over $468M worth of these devices are reused at over 10,500 hospitals, diverting millions of pounds of waste from landfills annually -- a remarkable win for reuse in the medical community and beyond.

Congratulations to Dan and all of The Reusies finalists and winners! To learn more about them, visit thereusies.org.

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