Here are three details.
1. Stryker and Hygia first partnered in 2015 to reprocess single-use devices. This acquisition further solidifies their partnership.
2. Hygia’s product portfolio includes air transfer mattresses, fall alarms, ECG leads, cerebral-somatic sensors and infusor bags.
3. Since their partnership, Stryker helped its 3,000 single-use device reprocessing customers save $326 million collectively in supply costs. Additionally, Stryker estimates it diverted 13.4 million pounds of waste from landfills in 2017.
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