Electronic Medical Device Decommissioning, Destruction, Recycling and Disposal
Back Thru The Future® provides electronic recycling services to medical device manufacturers, distributors, and healthcare facilities. All medical devices are destroyed in our certified secure Northern NJ DEP licensed recycling facility. Destruction is accomplished by both disassembly and shredding. We track individual device manufacturer’s serial numbers and UDI numbers.
All compliance documentation, including secure tracking information, is then stored in our secure cloud-based “Compliance Library™” document archive. These detailed records are available to you 24/7/365 through a unique password protected web portal.
Our “White Glove”Medical Device Disposal for:
All Project Documentation can be accessed 24/7 from our cloud based “Compliance Library™”. This provides easy access for operations management and audits.
We can pick up your computer equipment on your desired schedule with our secure and GPS tracked vehicles manned by our highly trained and background checked technicians.
Our EPA audit report lists every item of equipment we recycle for you by manufacturer, model, type of equipment, serial number, and weight.
We are a Federal EPA and NJ DEP licensed “universal waste electronics destination facility”. We have the authority of the Federal EPA to issue a legally valid recycling environmental compliance certificate in all 50 States.
Control and Prevent Unauthorized Re-Sale of your Disposed Medical Equipment
The unauthorized resale of your devices could have devastating consequences for your brand, as well as your reputation. Many recyclers actually refurbish equipment and resell it to offset their costs. They may (or may not) adequately wipe the drives and memory from the devices they sell. At any time, data may be retrieved, or a defective device may still be on the market. IoMT Recycling Solutions provides detailed certificates of destruction for all devices that need to be removed from the market. Your devices will then never be sold to another downstream vendor to remarket them. Without the influx of secondhand equipment on the market, manufacturers have more control of their new devices while also reducing issues involved with used equipment usage.
Title 821.25, 3, viii – Medical Device Tracking Requirements states a manufacturer must maintain the following records: “If and when applicable, the date the device was returned to the manufacturer, permanently retired from use, or otherwise permanently disposed of.” Read the complete FDA requirements here.
Back Thru the Future® is ISO 14001 certified, a US EPA and NJ DEP licensed Universal Waste destination facility for the processing and handling of electronics and batteries. We are R2 (Responsible Recycling) certified and provide environmental compliance certificates that are valid in all 50 states.
IEC medical device manufacturing standard 60601-1-9 requires that manufacturers provide instructions with their device to minimize the environmental impact of the product during normal usage and must include information for the proper disposal at the end of life.
ISO 14971 deals with the influence medical devices have on the environment and the management of the associated environmental risk. Proper end of life disposal is part of the standard’s environmental sustainability objectives.
ISO 14001 includes guidance on implementing processes for managing environmental concerns throughout the medical device’s lifespan.
A “White Glove” Approach Customized to Your Organization’s Needs
We will tailor a destruction and recycling plan that works with your medical device recycling needs. We will pick up your inventory at a pre-determined schedule or on an as-needed basis, have it shipped to our secure facility, or have it returned it directly to us. We then disassemble your medical devices and shred the electronics. This ensures regulatory compliance and full lifecycle tracking.
We can perform a single service, or a combination of destruction/shredding and recycling. All project documentation (including the original project quote, pre and post project email communication, the entire documented, auditable chain of possession, and all secure destruction and recycling certification) is maintained in our proprietary cloud-based document archive “Compliance Library™”.
Back Thru The Future is EPA Compliant
Our EPA audit report provides the details required to pass an EPA audit:
We document each project with a report listing the manufacturer, model, type of equipment, weight and serial number and/or UDI of every item of equipment recycled. This EPA audit report provides a record supporting your compliance to the recycling regulations. Without a detailed, legally valid environmental compliance certificate and audit report, you could be held financially responsible for any environmental clean up costs if a one of your devices is disposed of illegally.
The technical expertise and experience of Back Thru The Future:
- Back Thru The Future is a NAID AAA certified secure data destruction business for both plant based and mobile shredding operations.
- We are ISO 9001,14001 and 45001 certified.
- We are both a Federal EPA and NJ State licensed Universal Waste Destination facility for the recycling of electronics and batteries.
- We are R2v3 (Responsible Recycling) certified.
- We are a WBENC certified Woman’s Owned Business.
- We maintain a cloud based compliance document archive for all destruction and recycling project records which provides immediate access to all your project documentation in the event of audits.
For over 30 years, Back Thru The Future has established itself as a trusted partner in the regulatory compliant disposal of regulated electronic devices. We look forward to providing you a proposal for the certified destruction of your obsolete medical devices. (Read More)
100% of our client quality control surveys rate both our pre-project and
post-project communications as “Excellent”
92% of our new client quality control surveys have been returned marked “exceeded expectations”.
Our Mission is Protecting our Clients from Environmental and Data Security Liabilities
with Secure, Auditable and Compliant Recycling and Data Destruction Services.