CAN MEDICAL DEVICES BE REDUCED, REUSED AND RECYCLED?
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information, contact: Amy Krohn Millennium Research Group 416-364-7776 x101 akrohn@mrg.net CAN MEDICAL DEVICES BE REDUCED, REUSED AND RECYCLED? Reprocessed Device Market to Grow to over $200 Million by 2011, According to Millennium Research Group March 14, 2007Waltham, MassachusettsMillennium Research Group has conducted a detailed analysis of the reprocessed device market in its US Markets for Reprocessed Devices 2007 report. The report finds that in 2006 the market was valued at over $130 million and is expected to reach $200 million by 2011. Despite the obvious benefits to the environment, hospitals also have a significant economic incentive to reprocess devices. Reprocessing companies throughout the US are re-sterilizing products such as compression sleeves, disposable cold biopsy forceps, and phacoemulsification tips and selling them back to health care facilities that then reuse the devices. As part of the service, instruments are collected, cleaned
