TAMPA, Fla., April 11, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- SRI/Surgical Express, Inc. (Nasdaq:STRC), a leading provider of reusable surgical device reprocessing services supporting the healthcare industry, today announced that Practice Greenhealth, a national membership organization for healthcare facilities committed to environmentally responsible operations, presented its "Champion for Change Award" to SRI Surgical for outstanding contributions to environmentally responsible healthcare. Practice Greenhealth honored its top performers at the Environmental Excellence Awards on April 6, 2011, in Phoenix, Arizona, in conjunction with CleanMed, the premier Global Conference on Environmentally Sustainable Healthcare.