Healthcare & Hospital Electronics Recycling and ITAD Services
R2v3 certified electronics recycling and IT asset disposition for hospitals, health systems, outpatient clinics, and medical device manufacturers nationwide. Equipment is transported to our R2v3 certified processing facilities in Jacksonville, Texas and Houston, Texas, with data destruction performed in accordance with NIST SP 800-88 Rev. 2.
- Sanitization Performed in Accordance with NIST SP 800-88 Rev. 2
- Secure Recycling, Accurate Reporting, Chain of Custody
- Free Pickup for Qualifying Business Volumes
Retire hospital IT equipment without exposing patient data
STS Electronic Recycling provides R2v3 certified electronics recycling and IT asset disposition for hospitals, health systems, outpatient clinics, and medical device manufacturers nationwide. Retired workstations, nursing-station terminals, imaging workstations, and networking equipment are sanitized in accordance with NIST SP 800-88 Rev. 2, and a serial-number-specific Certificate of Destruction is issued on completion so your compliance team has a device-level record to close out.
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From nursing-station terminals to imaging workstations
ITAD services built around the compliance, security, and documentation demands of hospitals, clinics, and other healthcare organizations retiring IT equipment. The same documented chain-of-custody standard applies across the other regulated sectors we serve, including schools and universities.
Data Destruction
Sanitization performed in accordance with NIST SP 800-88
Asset Liquidation
Recover value from retired equipment
Logistics & Custody
Pickup through final processing
Data Destruction for Hospitals and Health Systems
NIST SP 800-88 Rev. 2 sets out Clear, Purge, and Destroy as the federal sanitization categories for media containing sensitive data, and defers to IEEE 2883 for technique detail. Our healthcare data destruction services use verified overwrite, degaussing, and physical shredding, performed in accordance with NIST SP 800-88 Rev. 2, with documentation for every device processed.
Under the HIPAA Security Rule, a covered entity must implement policies for the final disposition of electronic protected health information and for removing it from media before re-use. STS destruction services can support a covered entity's media-disposal and media-reuse procedures under HIPAA, with documented final disposition, serial-level destruction records, chain-of-custody documentation, and BAA coverage. Every engagement includes a serialized Certificate of Destruction.
NIST SP 800-88 Wipe
Verified overwrite performed in accordance with NIST SP 800-88 Rev. 2, with reporting on completion
Verified Overwrite
Overwrite pass with read-back confirmation on every device
Degaussing
Magnetic field erasure for legacy magnetic media holding patient information
Physical Shredding
Facility-based destruction with a Certificate of Destruction on completion
Healthcare IT Asset Liquidation & Value Recovery
Hospitals and health systems routinely retire functional equipment on standard refresh cycles: workstations, monitors, networking gear, and office devices with remaining market value. Our ITAD services include item-by-item serial capture, fair market value assessment, and secure remarketing so your organization can recover value instead of writing equipment off entirely.
Healthcare consistently records the highest average data breach cost of any industry: $6.64 million per incident for the thirteenth consecutive year, according to IBM's 2026 Cost of a Data Breach Report (released July 2026). Proper IT asset disposition is part of reducing that exposure before equipment leaves the building.
Fair Market Valuation
Assessment of functional equipment based on current market conditions and specifications
Asset Remarketing
Secure remarketing channels, with data sanitization completed before resale
Serial-Level Auditing
Item-by-item tracking ties recovered value back to your asset register
ESG Reporting
Environmental impact documentation for sustainability reporting
Logistics and Chain of Custody
STS coordinates pickup logistics for single hospitals, multi-site health systems, and clinic networks alike, with chain-of-custody documentation that follows each device from the originating location to final processing. Equipment is transported to our R2v3 certified processing facilities in Jacksonville, Texas and Houston, Texas, where data destruction and material recovery take place.
Every transfer is documented from pickup through disposition, so your compliance team has a single, serial-level record to reconcile against your internal asset register rather than piecing one together from multiple vendor reports.
Chain of Custody
Documentation from pickup through processing with audit-ready records
Multi-Site Coordination
Pickups coordinated across multiple hospital or clinic locations with consolidated reporting
Coordinated Scheduling
Pickup times arranged around clinical and facility operations
Accurate Reporting
Serial-level records tie back to your internal asset tracking
Why Healthcare Organizations Choose STS for Electronics Recycling
Healthcare has recorded the highest average data breach cost of any industry for thirteen consecutive years: $6.64 million per incident, according to IBM's 2026 Cost of a Data Breach Report (released July 2026). Retired workstations, imaging equipment, and networking gear are part of that exposure if they leave a facility without documented, verifiable data destruction.
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Two Certified Processing Facilities
Equipment collected nationwide is transported to our 250,000 sq ft R2v3 certified processing facility in Jacksonville, Texas, or our R2v3 certified facility in Houston, Texas, where data destruction and material recovery take place.
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Documented Compliance Support
Secure, transparent, sustainable processing; sanitization performed in accordance with NIST SP 800-88 Rev. 2; and documentation designed to support a covered entity's HIPAA media-disposal and media-reuse procedures.
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Serial-Level Certificates of Destruction
Every engagement includes a Certificate of Destruction listing each device by serial number with the sanitization method recorded against it.
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Asset Value Recovery
Fair market value assessment on functional equipment helps offset disposal costs through our IT asset disposition (ITAD) and liquidation services.
Every retired device can hold patient data
From nursing-station desktops to networking infrastructure, we process the electronic equipment hospitals, clinics, and health systems retire.
Computing Equipment
Mobile & Network
Office Equipment
The standards your compliance team will ask about by name
Certifications and standards behind our healthcare electronics recycling and data destruction services.
Secure Recycling
R2v3 certified processing facilities in Jacksonville, Texas and Houston, Texas, plus RIOS certification, and ISO 9001, ISO 14001, and ISO 45001 held through the RIOS-integrated management system.
NIST SP 800-88 Rev. 2
Federal data sanitization standard; destruction of patient and operational data through verified overwrite, degaussing, or physical shredding, with reporting.
HIPAA Media Disposal Support
Documentation designed to support a covered entity's media-disposal and media-reuse procedures under HIPAA, with Business Associate Agreement (BAA) coverage and serial-level destruction records.
An unreconciled device is a finding waiting to happen
Hospital IT refreshes are compliant at every reputable vendor. The exposure sits in reconciliation: a unit closes or a department relocates, the asset list is approved, and a handful of workstations never appear on either report.
For a healthcare organization holding patient records and other protected health information, an undocumented device is the finding. Serial-level records across every pickup produce one report your compliance team can tie back to the original asset register.
No site visit required
before it moves
Log stays open
Certificate on request
What hospital compliance teams ask first
What to know about our healthcare ITAD services, compliance support, and logistics.
What data destruction methods do you offer for electronic PHI?
We provide verified overwrite, degaussing for legacy magnetic media, and certified physical shredding, each performed in accordance with NIST SP 800-88 Rev. 2. Every method includes a serial-number-specific Certificate of Destruction.
Do you support HIPAA media-disposal requirements and BAAs?
Yes. Our documentation is designed to support a covered entity's media-disposal and media-reuse procedures under HIPAA, including Business Associate Agreement (BAA) coverage, documented final disposition, and serial-level destruction records.
Can you handle pickups across a multi-site health system?
Yes. We coordinate pickups across multiple hospital, clinic, or health system locations with consolidated reporting tied to serial-level records, so your compliance team works from one report rather than several.
What certifications and standards does STS maintain?
STS operates R2v3 certified processing facilities in Jacksonville, Texas and Houston, Texas, and holds RIOS certification with ISO 9001, ISO 14001, and ISO 45001 through the RIOS-integrated management system. STS is also BBB A+ accredited and a three-time Inc. 5000 honoree.
Do you provide asset liquidation for retired healthcare IT equipment?
Yes. Functional workstations, monitors, and networking equipment are assessed for fair market value and remarketed securely, with data sanitization completed beforehand, helping offset disposal costs.
What documentation is provided for compliance audits?
Every engagement includes a serial-number-specific Certificate of Destruction, chain-of-custody documentation, and an asset inventory manifest, so your compliance team has an audit-ready record of how each device was handled.
Still Have Questions?
Our team is ready to discuss your hospital or health system's electronics recycling and compliance requirements.
Where Your Equipment Is Processed
STS Electronic Recycling, Inc. is headquartered in Jacksonville, Texas, and has served schools, businesses, healthcare systems, and government agencies across all 50 states since 2010.
Equipment collected nationwide is staged locally and transported to one of our two R2v3 certified processing facilities in Jacksonville, Texas and Houston, Texas, where all data destruction and material recovery takes place.
The Certificate of Destruction, issued on completion, lists each device by serial number with the sanitization method recorded against it.
Ready to Get Started with Healthcare Electronics Recycling?
Free pickup is available for qualifying healthcare equipment volumes. R2v3 certified processing, documented chain of custody, and a serial-level Certificate of Destruction for every engagement.
