Press Releases
Stryker Sustainability Solutions Supports Practice Greenhealth’s "Greening the Supply Chain"
PHOENIX, Ariz. – Sept. 27, 2011 – Stryker Sustainability Solutions, a leader in delivering smart healthcare resource solutions, announced today it is sponsoring Practice Greenhealth’s new Greening the Supply Chain™ Initiative. The Initiative engages businesses in meeting the emerging demand for more environmentally preferable purchasing (EPP) practices for products within healthcare facilities, GPOs and in the marketplace. Stryker Sustainability Solutions, formerly Ascent, joins group purchasing organizations and top-performing hospitals throughout the country to support Greening the Supply Chain.
Ascent Among Elite Group of Manufacturers Honored for Lowering the Environmental Footprint of Healthcare
PHOENIX, Ariz. – April 6, 2011 – Ascent, a division of Stryker Corporation, and a leader in delivering healthcare resource sustainability, has been honored with a Champion for Change Award by Practice Greenhealth. Reserved for a select group of leaders in healthcare sustainability, the award recognizes companies that not only help their customers improve their environmental performance, but also demonstrate significant achievement in ‘greening’ their own organizations.
New Online Tool Allows Hospitals to Identify Cost Savings Potential of Reprocessing
PHILADELPHIA – March 18-24, 2011 – AORN Congress, Booth #1319 – Ascent, a division of Stryker Corporation, continues its commitment to supporting quality healthcare delivery with the introduction of a new tool that calculates the financial and environmental impact of reprocessing. The first-of-its-kind calculator, available on the Ascent website, estimates the cost savings and waste reduction potential for a hospital if it focuses on reprocessing as a best practice. The tool is designed to help hospitals understand the potential results reprocessing can deliver based on their size and program utilization.