Greenhealth Exchange and NewGen Surgical enter into agreement for sustainably designed surgical products for greener operations
Greenhealth Exchange (GX) announced during CleanMed 2018, the premier national environmental conference for leaders in health care sustainability who are on the leading edge of greening the healthcare sector, an agreement with NewGen Surgical for sustainably designed surgical products.
GX is a purchasing cooperative that makes it easy for their members to source products and services used in healthcare settings that are good for people, the planet and the bottom line – and have added surgical skin staplers and a range of needle counters to the surgical products category.
Not only does NewGen Surgical’s product line pass the GX innovative product requirements, NewGen Surgical’s Smart Sustainable Design criteria ensures that these chemicals of concern are not considered in the first place.
GX currently offers the only national GPO agreement with NewGen Surgical, and hospitals across the US can access the contract and its competitive pricing with a simple membership application.
Much like the healthcare industry’s emphasis on treating root cause by focusing on wellness and prevention, NewGen Surgical does the same by redesigning products with more sustainable materials to achieve an overall source reduction of plastic production; therefore, reducing plastic pollution in the waste stream. Their current product lines are made with upcycled plant-based material, the agricultural by-product of harvested sugarcane.
By rethinking and redesigning disposable single-use surgical products used every day in the operating room, NewGen Surgical reduces or eliminates plastic waste while still delivering clinical performance at a comparable price.
For example, the 40 count needle counter eliminates 93% of the plastic in the outer box resulting in 1,000 pounds of plastic pollution eliminated for every 12,500 needle counters.
Given these are used in almost every surgical procedure nationwide, year after year, converting to a sustainable option can have a measurable impact on continuously reducing plastic waste.
Rob Chase, Founder and President of NewGen Surgical shared, “I am excited about working with Greenhealth Exchange as I believe they provide a critical solution for hospitals interested in sustainable surgical products and the manufacturers creating them.”
