Fort
Lauderdale, FL—April 28, 2009
LifeSync
Corporation, a wireless ECG data communication
system innovator and leader in disposable
ECG lead wire solutions, announced that
its LeadWear® Disposable ECG cable replacement
system is recyclable. In partnership with
Cascade Refining, LifeSync Corporation has
demonstrated that recycling used LeadWear®
sets is simple and easy. Cascade Refining
will help hospital’s recycle their
used LeadWear® and reimburse the facility
for the silver recovered in the process.
Cascade Refining provides hospitals a free
pre-paid mailer kit. LeadWear® can be
recycled along with the hospital’s
EP catheters, angioplasty guide-wires, electrophoresis
electrodes, and crucibles through Cascade
Refining.
Lou Ann Beggs-James,
Senior Vice President of Marketing, LifeSync
Corporation, said, “LifeSync Corporation
is proud to announce our recyclability program.
Going green is important to our hospitals
and we are working to find ways to lesson
the burden we place on the hospital and
the environment. Finding a partner for reclaiming
the silver content of our LeadWear®
Disposable is just the first step.”
Nancy McLane, Senior Vice President of Operations,
LifeSync Corporation, said, “We are
making strides to reduce our packaging in
order to assist hospitals interested in
lowering waste from packaging. Our new LeadWear®
packaging design is a 22% reduction in packaging
waste by weight. Packaging that we will
be implementing in the fall will equate
to 52% reduction in waste by weight over
our 2008 packaging.”
About LifeSync
Corporation
LifeSync Corporation develops and markets
patient safety and hospital productivity
products that can deliver better patient
outcomes and lower costs for hospitals.
The company’s Wireless ECG System
is the only high-fidelity, cable-free system
available that can acquire and transmit
physiological parameters to most monitoring
infrastructure using single-patient use
sensors. For more information visit www.lifesynccorp.com
or call 1-866-ECG (324)-3888.
About Cascade
Refining
Cascade Refining Inc. has been recycling
platinum from used EP catheters and other
medical appliances for over 25 years. Cascade
provides the most convenient and confidential
service offering a variety of great benefits
for its clients such as free pre-paid mailer
kits, best payout, fast turnaround, no middle
man cost or extra fees, referral bonuses
and much more. Cascade has been serving
hundreds of hospitals in the U.S. and around
the world and is proud to be a pioneer in
recycling medical platinum and disposable
LeadWear® sets.
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