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Best Practices for a Sustainable Operating Room

INDUSTRY BUZZ
Kema Audit
Feature in OR Manager

PRODUCT SPOTLIGHT
FOCUS(tm) FCS9 Ultrasonic Scalpel

CASE STUDY
Providence Health Care—St. Paul’s Hospital
Vancouver, BC
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Providence Health Care—St. Paul’s Hospital
Vancouver, BC
Reprocessing]]> http://www.ascenths.com/docs/Ascent_Rr_Aug10.pdf 44AF015A-DD79-4693-AA2B-4426FBE61AD9-97851-000165E85DA45104-FFA Tue, 24 Aug 2010 12:09:11 -0700 Ascent has been awarded a three-year single source agreement with Upper Midwest Consolidated Service Center (UMCSC), a supply network of VHA member hospitals in the Midwest http://www.ascenths.com/resources/press.html 78EFFE0E-6F9E-48A5-83EE-D4CBF350C02B-3856-00001AEF6F72B841-FFA Mon, 19 Jul 2010 14:43:49 -0700 Ascent is a winner of a 2010 Pinnacle Award presented by Premier healthcare alliance’s Purchasing Partners. http://www.ascenths.com/resources/press.html 515A4433-88BB-42A5-A917-FCF7765CC9E0-2262-0000100677B99B89-FFA Tue, 22 Jun 2010 16:33:56 -0700 Ascent has been honored with a Champion for Change Award by Practice Greenhealth for the third year in a row. http://www.ascenths.com/resources/press.html ED63A159-49BA-410E-835A-BEBFF17E82D9-3983-000166146D860A68-FFA Tue, 22 Jun 2010 16:33:41 -0700 Ascent today announced the addition of EZ STEER™ Bi-Directional Catheters, manufactured by Biosense Webster http://www.ascenths.com/resources/press.html AB2D0907-D153-4F69-85B5-910B847BB92F-5838-00001D26411092AA-FFA Thu, 03 Jun 2010 15:57:31 -0700 Ascent, a leader in delivering healthcare resource sustainability, received the MedAssets Supply Chain Savings Award for its commitment to making healthcare more affordable. http://www.ascenths.com/resources/press.html 98B20261-E62E-44DE-B3BF-72EFBAC58248-4368-000017B581703443-FFA Tue, 11 May 2010 15:37:10 -0700
COVER
Reprocessing in the EP Lab

INDUSTRY BUZZ
Relief Efforts (Project C.U.R.E.)
Relief Efforts (Haiti Earthquake)
Stryker Update
OEM Hospital Interference
Johns Hopkins Commentary on Reprocessing
Greening the OR Symposium
MedAssets-Supplier of the Year

PRODUCT SPOTLIGHT
Biosense Webster SoundStar 3D

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Ethicon Endo-Surgery Response Ad]]> http://www.ascenths.com/docs/Ascent_Rr_Apr_10.pdf 94F07282-0040-4AF8-BBE0-174888EAD147-10503-0000281A32A84AFD-FFA Fri, 23 Apr 2010 10:41:38 -0700 Ascent Healthcare Solutions, a leader in delivering healthcare resource sustainability, today launched an online educational portal on its web site offering complimentary accredited Continuing Education (CE) programs. http://www.ascenths.com/resources/press.html 548236D7-C842-4165-9417-6C2243E65B19-14251-00003F99FCAACD57-FFA Tue, 22 Dec 2009 15:36:30 -0700 Stryker Corporation today announced a definitive agreement to acquire privately held Ascent Healthcare Solutions, Inc. the market leader in the reprocessing and remanufacturing of medical devices in the U.S. http://www.ascenths.com/AscentStryker.html 9B636EAC-2E2A-4DCA-8572-BF415BE1CE20-7497-00002C9A6876C900-FFA Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:32:56 -0700 Ascent Healthcare Solutions has received the industry’s first and only 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to reprocess the Biosense Webster SoundStar™ 3D Diagnostic Ultrasound Catheter. http://www.ascenths.com/resources/press.html 804A99B7-2C8E-41EB-8447-C6B58F0A6B58-9868-0000465769D33734-FFA Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:35:31 -0700 Ascent Healthcare Solutions, a leader in delivering healthcare resource sustainability, today announced that its hospital partners saved an astounding $82 Million in unnecessary supply chain costs in the first six months of 2009 with Ascent’s reprocessing and remanufacturing programs. http://www.ascenths.com/resources/press.html 3ED9BE62-FF1F-4DD8-B419-0A1C0A640976-18895-0000393263F56A88-FFA Wed, 02 Sep 2009 09:29:20 -0700 Ascent Healthcare Solutions announced today the unveiling of its innovative Green Lab™, a physical workspace that represents the company’s unique approach to the responsible use of resources in healthcare ... http://www.ascenths.com/resources/press.html 83A83FC6-A3BE-409A-99AC-699003D871D5-16091-00005145A7F73ED8-FFA Thu, 30 Jul 2009 14:07:16 -0700 Ascent Healthcare Solutions, a leader in delivering healthcare resource sustainability, today announced that VHA Inc., the national health care network, has awarded Ascent an agreement to provide remanufactured/reprocessed “single-use” medical devices. http://www.ascenths.com/resources/press.html 3A82546C-6EBC-44B3-A1BA-084B8297E059-14858-0000495802F72200-FFA Thu, 30 Jul 2009 11:42:10 -0700 Read our latest newsletter: August 2009 Reprocessing Report. http://www.ascenths.com/resources/library.html F584CD67-60E5-451D-A7D9-D35BBD574AF5-8275-000024C55CDC2196-FFA Wed, 29 Jul 2009 12:45:18 -0700 Ascent Healthcare Solutions announced today the addition of Reflexion™ and Reflexion Spiral™ catheters originally manufactured by St. Jude to its comprehensive offering of reprocessed diagnostic EP catheters. http://www.ascenths.com/resources/press.html E0B0428A-675B-48FC-9C42-4DAE91D2C449-10630-000050CAD41FBE66-FFA Tue, 02 Jun 2009 12:01:57 -0700 Read our latest newsletter: June 2009 Reprocessing Report. http://www.ascenths.com/resources/library.html BCB8DDCF-1957-46F0-B72B-A95AD3F082CE-3812-00002E6D5CD833A3-FFA Mon, 01 Jun 2009 13:31:39 -0700 Ascent Healthcare Solutions announced today it received the “Champion for Change” award at CleanMed 2009, the international conference on environmentally sustainable health care. http://www.ascenths.com/resources/press.html E07BFE9F-D997-42B3-A546-E3120E25D875-9791-000031701DACB5C8-FFA Thu, 21 May 2009 12:01:14 -0700 Ascent Healthcare Solutions announced today that University HealthSystem Consortium (UHC) presented Ascent with the inaugural UHC "Supplier of the Year" award at the UHC 2009 Performance Excellence Forum http://www.ascenths.com/resources/press.html 8623E627-18B1-463A-B502-B89746C7264E-27231-0000801C0F73CEDC-FFA Wed, 08 Apr 2009 10:13:20 -0700 Ascent Healthcare Solutions today announced that VHA Inc., the national healthcare alliance, has achieved significant results from its medical device remanufacturing/reprocessing program, supporting its members’ efforts to reduce supply costs and encourage environmental responsibility. http://www.ascenths.com/resources/press.html ECFAF2C4-8605-4450-954D-742B0108241B-15827-000049F90415246C-FFA Mon, 23 Mar 2009 17:02:07 -0700 Ascent Healthcare Solutions announced today that it is bringing a green initiative to Chicago at the AORN (Association of periOperative Registered Nurses) 56th Congress, March 14-19, 2009, with a sponsorship that promotes an environmentally friendly conference experience. http://www.ascenths.com/resources/press.html 7060CBD6-B8CE-49B1-8355-C97BEFDD49CC-3949-000013270E9FC550-FFA Fri, 20 Mar 2009 16:00:03 -0700 Ascent Healthcare Solutions, a leader in the medical device industry delivering efficiency and sustainability in healthcare announced today that Adventist Health, a large, nonprofit integrated delivery system that provides health care in California, Oregon, Washington and Hawaii, has selected Ascent to support its sustainability initiatives through medical device remanufacturing and reprocessing. http://www.ascenths.com/resources/press.html 23ABFF66-15DF-4655-BBB3-FB6AD767966B-628-000005EE557A28E4-FFA Thu, 19 Feb 2009 10:23:07 -0700 Ascent Healthcare Solutions, a leader in the medical device industry delivering efficiency and sustainability in healthcare, announced today that MedAssets Supply Chain Systems, one of the nation’s largest supply chain management firms, has chosen Ascent to provide reprocessing and remanufacturing services of single-use medical devices (SUDs) to their customers. http://www.ascenths.com/resources/press.html 0538FF4D-69C2-4383-BAAA-D12A71F16AC5-628-000005D142A5BDC6-FFA Thu, 19 Feb 2009 10:21:02 -0700 Ascent Healthcare Solutions announced today that their hospital partners eliminated 4,300,000 pounds (2,150 tons) from local landfills and realized a record $138,142,000 in supply cost and waste savings in 2008 related to remanufacturing/reprocessing of medical devices. http://www.ascenths.com/resources/press.html 0EAD4023-9590-45EC-BFE5-A9BCEE7593DE-6553-00002436CDDAEC2A-FFA Tue, 13 Jan 2009 10:11:34 -0700 Ascent Healthcare Solutions, a leader in the medical device industry delivering efficiency and sustainability in healthcare, has promoted Michelle Barnett to vice president of strategic services. http://www.ascenths.com/resources/press.html 142802A3-6FBE-4F69-96C8-E9DA2319EAD8-13323-000043B26311E86D-FFA Tue, 09 Dec 2008 10:28:18 -0700 Ascent Healthcare Solutions, a leader in the medical device industry, promoting sustainable solutions to device procurement, announced today that it has received the industry’s first 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to reprocess the LASSO® 2515 Variable Circular Mapping Catheter manufactured by Biosense Webster http://www.ascenths.com/resources/press.html 88DEC8DF-5901-4823-8A29-189D320F90BC-4462-00001B48F107F4F7-FFA Thu, 13 Nov 2008 13:17:25 -0700 Ascent Healthcare Solutions, a leader in the medical device industry delivering efficiency and sustainability in healthcare, announced today that it has received a 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to reprocess the full line of IBI diagnostic electrophysiology (EP) catheters and cables originally manufactured by Irvine Biomedical Inc., a St. Jude Company. http://www.ascenths.com/resources/press.html 34647EDE-1E08-4BC4-B53A-DA5B856A647E-2307-00001722443C0FD7-FFA Fri, 24 Oct 2008 11:21:47 -0700 Ascent Healthcare Solutions, a leader in the medical device industry delivering efficiency and sustainability in healthcare, has added reusable ablation cables to its extensive product offering for the treatment and management of cardiac arrhythmias. Under a new Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulation, hospitals are required to run their EtO sterilizers at full capacity except in medically necessary circumstances. Ascent offers hospitals a cost-effective sterilization option that eliminates any threat to the ozone layer from harmful ethylene oxide (EtO) emissions. http://www.ascenths.com/resources/press.html 570C2060-0894-4E94-AF9D-55E1AA87A0EF-2235-00000D10CDDD9753-FFA Thu, 16 Oct 2008 12:12:48 -0700 Read our latest newsletter: August 2008 Reprocessing Report. http://www.ascenths.com/resources/library.html 47800FCE-6A21-47FC-BE28-011D533FD80D-3519-0000105F4CA7B3E6-FFA Fri, 22 Aug 2008 14:29:40 -0700 Ascent Healthcare Solutions, a leader in the medical device industry delivering efficiency and sustainability in healthcare, announced today that its 2,000+ hospital and clinic partners throughout North America and beyond eliminated 841 tons from already overtaxed landfills by safely using nearly 3 million of Ascent’s reprocessed medical devices in the first half of 2008. http://www.ascenths.com/resources/press.html 132D7ABE-A758-4B55-96BA-3DC99F695F4F-40186-0000CC3FED67596D-FFA Mon, 28 Jul 2008 10:06:17 -0700 Ascent Healthcare Solutions, the leading independent third-party reprocessor of medical devices, announced today it has earned MedAssets Supply Chain Systems’ Gold Vendor status. http://www.ascenths.com/resources/press.html E1E875FB-C12D-42B7-8F94-5923BC445D5F-16511-0000297B8579C573-FFA Tue, 01 Jul 2008 11:50:22 -0700 Ascent Healthcare Solutions, the leading independent third-party reprocessor of medical devices, announced today that Banner Health, one of the nation’s largest nonprofit healthcare systems, has renewed its exclusive contract with Ascent for reprocessing services. http://www.ascenths.com/resources/press.html E409D895-B2E2-4525-9033-4D8A6BD97C4A-2320-00000D0B282C8F87-FFA Thu, 26 Jun 2008 10:46:33 -0700 HealthTrust Purchasing Group’s (HealthTrust) more than 1,400 not-for-profit and for-profit acute care facilities, as well as ambulatory surgery centers, physician practices, and alternate care sites, can continue to benefit from medical device reprocessing services provided by Ascent Healthcare Solutions (Ascent) under a HealthTrust contract renewal announced today. http://www.ascenths.com/resources/press.html B57B3AAE-DB85-4886-A17D-3F79B7033CB3-21059-000071487B7210B3-FFA Mon, 05 May 2008 12:02:42 -0700 Ascent Healthcare Solutions announced today that University HealthSystem Consortium (UHC) has extended its exclusive contract for medical device reprocessing for an additional year, to May 2009. http://www.ascenths.com/resources/press.html BC604FD7-1138-41CB-88E3-FF623BD8ECB3-1241-000011B9DB25040D-FFA Sun, 27 Apr 2008 20:24:28 -0700 Ascent Healthcare Solutions today announced that ProvSource renewed an exclusive contract that will enable its members to save an estimated $6.5 million in supply costs and divert approximately 87 tons of waste from landfills by using Ascent’s single-use medical device (SUD) reprocessing services over the next two years. From 2001 to 2007, reprocessing saved ProvSource members $11.7 million and eliminated 136 tons of medical waste and $76,400 in disposal costs. http://www.ascenths.com/resources/press.html 8D8EDA80-C15C-4FF3-8D73-AA54FF9DB7E3-1213-000013511265D9DA-FFA Mon, 03 Mar 2008 11:13:08 -0700 Premier Inc. (Premier), the largest healthcare alliance in the United States with 1,700 members, has renewed its agreement with Ascent Healthcare Solutions (Ascent), the leading independent reprocessor of single-use medical devices (SUDs). Under the three-year contract extension, Premier members are projected to save $92 million and eliminate nearly 3 million pounds of medical waste. http://www.ascenths.com/resources/press.html 14D48C90-C5BA-4694-8361-85A2DFB1B93B-1217-000007477DD6DFF6-FFA Mon, 28 Jan 2008 14:33:05 -0700 Ascent announced today that Paul Rice has joined the company as senior vice president of quality assurance (QA) and regulatory affairs (RA). http://www.ascenths.com/resources/press.html 85A6607F-8539-42F6-B4B7-390742483D8D-2820-00001025986215CC-FFA Wed, 16 Jan 2008 12:46:53 -0700 Ascent Healthcare Solutions today announced a three-year agreement extension with Amerinet, Inc., a national healthcare purchasing organization, to provide single-use medical device (SUD) reprocessing to Amerinet members. Amerinet members are expected to save almost $9.2 million in supply costs over the three-year term of this renewed contract. http://www.ascenths.com/resources/press.html 4A15E083-1D56-4DF3-A19D-442DAF227296-2741-000016994B979F0D-FFA Wed, 05 Dec 2007 14:22:59 -0700 Ascent announced today that FDA has cleared two Ascent 510(k) submissions to reprocess specific Medtronic and Guidant cardiac stabilization and positioner devices. http://www.ascenths.com/resources/press.html E0679DF6-407F-4C62-889B-8C17CF781443-6512-000035C1645F9119-FFA Mon, 08 Oct 2007 08:13:38 -0700 Ascent Healthcare Solutions announced today that its Phoenix reprocessing center has been officially recertified as an ISO 13485:2003 facility. http://www.ascenths.com/resources/press.html 22F206CB-0677-4BD7-ADAC-5998388FAA61-6512-000036502D1649DE-FFA Tue, 24 Jul 2007 23:22:10 -0700 Ascent announced today the appointments of Eric Varty as Vice President of R&D and Kevin Liszewski as Vice President of Corporate Accounts http://www.ascenths.com/resources/press.html 0FA7EF96-727A-4ADB-95BE-615CCCF14BCB-6512-0000366B1E5572AE-FFA Tue, 17 Jul 2007 08:22:06 -0700 Ascent Healthcare Solutions announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared Ascent’s 510(k) to reprocess the Alcon® MACKOOL phacoemulsification tips. http://www.ascenths.com/resources/press.html 83EBF585-E17B-4486-B5DD-E7AFCEECBD38-6512-000036D4A2D76DAF-FFA Thu, 17 May 2007 23:00:45 -0700 Ascent Healthcare Solutions announced today that it has received a 2007 "Champions for Change" award from Hospitals for a Healthy Environment (H2E). The award recognizes leadership in actively promoting awareness of environmental stewardship in the healthcare sector. http://www.ascenths.com/resources/press.html D9066CF1-472B-4DE4-AD38-DAFE64EB4ED1-6512-000036E770302EF1-FFA Mon, 07 May 2007 04:59:04 -0700 Ascent Healthcare Solutions announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has increased the number of times that Ascent can reprocess the AcuNav™ Ultrasound Catheter from two to up to four times. http://www.ascenths.com/resources/press.html 9FB689B3-DEC7-4BFE-B01C-5DE49625934C-6512-000036F2E6DFE90A-FFA Tue, 24 Apr 2007 08:22:13 -0700 Ascent Healthcare Solutions today announced the launch of a redesigned, intuitive website, www.ascenths.com, containing extensive information about the company, which resulted from the 2006 merger between Alliance Medical Corp. and Vanguard Medical Concepts http://www.ascenths.com/resources/press.html 33D5698A-7683-45B5-9C12-9F5AAF8737B5-6512-000037019AC2C3A6-FFA Wed, 31 Jan 2007 06:32:03 -0700 Ascent Healthcare Solutions (formerly Alliance Medical Corp. and Vanguard Medical Concepts) announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared Ascent's 510(k) to reprocess the Inlet Carter-Thomason CloseSure® System http://www.ascenths.com/resources/press.html D12D6DAE-4153-4EAC-9D1B-6CD2C1FEE777-6512-0000370C88E5D693-FFA Mon, 18 Dec 2006 22:31:27 -0700 Ascent Healthcare Solutions (formerly Alliance Medical Corp. and Vanguard Medical Concepts) announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared Ascent's 510(k) to reprocess Zimmer TransFx™ External Fixation devices http://www.ascenths.com/resources/press.html 68624E4E-E7BC-441C-B969-D57273555881-6512-0000371715DEE3C1-FFA Thu, 9 Nov 2006 03:20:17 -0700 Ascent Healthcare Solutions (formerly Alliance Medical Corp. and Vanguard Medical Concepts) announced today that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared Ascent's 510(k) to reprocess the TORQR® CS Series EP catheters manufactured by Medtronic http://www.ascenths.com/resources/press.html D0D6ECF6-784E-4E38-9EDA-D999E1319EB4-6512-00003723FD8D0B68-FFA Tue, 26 Sep 2006 19:05:22 -0700 Ascent Healthcare Solutions (Ascent), the industry’s leading reprocessor of single-use medical devices (SUDs), today announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance of the DePuy ACE Fisher Fixator and Hoffman Classic Sterile Wrist Kit http://www.ascenths.com/resources/press.html 36157CA3-C2F5-45BF-9B06-03B51DB824C5-6512-000037327921E2C5-FFA Mon, 17 Apr 2006 13:30:11 -0700 Ascent Healthcare Solutions (Ascent), the industry’s leading reprocessor of single-use medical devices (SUDs), today announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance of Ascent's reprocessed Phacoemulsification tips (PhacoTips) by Alcon Laboratories http://www.ascenths.com/resources/press.html D531CD09-9C9F-4968-98C8-5C41FEB178FF-6512-0000373D1551E040-FFA Mon, 17 Apr 2006 09:30:21 -0700 Alliance Medical Corporation and Vanguard Medical Concepts announce that they have become Ascent Healthcare Solutions, Inc. (Ascent), the leading independent third-party reprocessor of single-use medical devices (SUDs) http://www.ascenths.com/resources/press.html F2767F1E-D69E-47B5-B276-C831097A6059-6512-000037467C8235BC-FFA Mon, 3 Apr 2006 11:30:37 -0700