Reprocessing and remanufacturing
Medical device reprocessing adds value to hospitals by aligning with their internal goals. As the trusted supplier of choice for roughly 3,500 U.S. hospitals, including nearly all of U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Hospitals,” our approach is simple: quality first, savings always. Over the past five years, 3,000 customers saved nearly $1 billion through reprocessing programs, diverted 27 million pounds of waste from landfills and planted over 271,609 trees as part of our Products for the Planet program. Together, we can enhance patient care without compromising quality or safety.
Stryker’s Sustainability Solutions OnTrack program management provides custom solutions to optimize financial and environmental sustainability. Reprocessing success requires a focus on all the critical savings performance drivers: culture, contracting, clinical engagement, purchasing/logistics, staff awareness and education. Our OnTrack program management provides our customers with a true partnership to achieve those goals.
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Collections
Devices are collected at the hospital utilizing Stryker’s advanced collection system. Containers are placed in convenient usage areas and are regularly shipped by Stryker staff to our reprocessing facility.
Sorting
Once collection containers have arrived at our reprocessing facility, contents are sorted to isolate reprocessable devices from devices that cannot be reprocessed.
Reprocessing
Devices are cleaned and disassembled by our highly trained staff. Parts are individually inspected and, depending on the device, may be replaced. Some devices go through more elaborate reprocessing procedures.
Inspection
Once rebuilt, devices are inspected and function tested based on validated processes. Most devices are then sterilized, repackaged, labeled and shipped back to the customer.
Purchasing
Hospitals can monitor how many devices we have collected and are available to buy-back through our repaid return order generation process. Based on this, they order what they need from reprocessed inventories, before they order devices from the original manufacturer – this decreases purchasing costs.
Receiving
Devices are shipped in original manufacturer case quantities to hospitals in clearly marked boxes and placed in the supply room next to original manufacturer devices. When pulling devices for cases, most of our customers pull reprocessed devices before selecting new ones so they can realize critical savings.
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