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Precious Metal Recovery is Aim of New SSM Program

X-ray films and other supplies contain a variety of metals that can be recovered and recycled.

SSM Health Care – St. Louis has announced a partnership with Arch Enterprises (a precious metal refinery) to implement a program for recovering precious metals from medical supplies and radiology films, according to an SSM news release.

In addition to X-ray films, precious metal can be found in a variety of supplies, including EP catheters and electrodes. Arch Enterprises will remove the metal from the used supplies and pay SSM Health Care – St. Louis a market based price for it, accrding to the release.

Collection containers will be placed throughout the hospital departments for depositing supplies withy the anticipation of earning as much as $200,000 annually. The program not only are we will recycle a finite resource but will reduce waste. 

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The metal recovery program will be piloted briefly at SSM DePaul Health Center before being rolled out to the other hospitals in the coming weeks, including SSM St. ClareHealth  Center in Fenton. This initiative will be available to any department, but will initially affect the cardiac cath lab, ER, radiology, ICU and a few other nursing floors.


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