Medical Industry Focuses on Energy Use, Waste

Environmental Leader - GE Healthcare, and ten other medical device manufacturers in the European Union, have committed to reduce the average energy consumption of new ultrasound products by 25 percent by 2012. With support from the European Union (EU) Commission, these medical device manufacturers have committed to a self-regulatory initiative for the energy-efficient design of medical imaging equipment, starting with ultrasound products. The group also supports the EU’s Energy Related Products (ErP) directive that establishes a framework for setting resource efficiency standards by product platform and product life cycles.