sustainability

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Combining Life Cycle Assessment and Circularity Assessment to Analyze Environmental Impacts of the Medical Remanufacturing of Electrophysiology Catheters

A 2021 study conducted by the Fraunhofer Institute for Environmental, Safety, and Energy Technology (Fraunhofer) analyzed the environmental impacts of the medical remanufacturing of Electrophysiology Catheters. By using reprocessed catheters as an alternative to newly manufactured ones, the study revealed they reduced global warming impact by 50% and ozone depletion […]

Transforming The Medical Device Industry: Road Map To A Circular Economy

A circular economy involves maintaining manufactured products in circulation, distributing resource and environmental costs over time and with repeated use. In a linear supply chain, manufactured products are used once and discarded. In high-income nations, health care systems increasingly rely on linear supply chains composed of single-use disposable medical devices. […]

Yale Sustainability

Yale Sustainability

Building a More Sustainable World Yale strives to be a leader in campus sustainability. University leaders, departments and individuals all play a role in harnessing our creativity, ingenuity and desire for excellence as we come together around these efforts.  Read more…

Covid, Climate Change, and Medical Supply Chain Resiliency: A Q&A with Professor Jodi Sherman, MD

[Yale Sustainability interview] Dr. Sherman is Associate Professor of Anesthesiology at the Yale School of Medicine, and of Epidemiology (Environmental Health Sciences) at the Yale School of Public Health. She also serves as the Director of the Program on Healthcare Sustainability for the Yale Center for Climate Change and Health. […]