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Apr

Tenet Healthcare | Leadership in Sustainability Work Group

The operations of the facility presented Hahnemann with opportunities for improvement in energy and water use, chemical and hazardous materials use and waste disposal, infection control limitations, and municipal waste control. To assist in managing these opportunities, Hahnemann’s Environment of Care Committee formed the Leadership in Sustainability Work Group. Read More

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Leaner Energy Advocate Health Care

Energy consumption at Advocate Health Care is expected to increase with added facilities, medical and office equipment, associates and patients contributing to our growing use of hospital facilities. Technology and other types of equipment are also being added to the infrastructure reflecting a further increase in overall energy needs and consumption.Read More

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Kaiser Permanente | Delicious, Healthy, and Energy Efficient Vending – Not an Oxymoron

National Nutrition Services (NNS) has worked diligently to improve the taste, healthfulness, and environmental sustainability of Kaiser Permanente’s food offering. From on-site farmer’s markets to local, organic fruits in patient meals, NNS has used out-of-the-box strategies to deliver healthy, delicious food. Vending machines, and the afternoon craving busters they contain, are commonly a counterpoint... Read More

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Kaiser Permanente | Supplier Partnership to Phaseout Halogenated Flame Retardants in Medical Furniture

Kaiser Permanente (KP) purchases medical furniture such as exam tables, chairs, and stools, and waiting room furniture from Midmark. In order to comply with the California technical bullletin (TB) 117, which requires a certain flame retardancy for upholstered furniture, Midmark, along with many other furniture manufacturers, utilized a group of chemicals known as halogenated flame retardants (HFR).... Read More

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Kaiser Permanente | Electronic Products Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT) – Purchasing Environmentally Responsible Computers

Computers have enabled Kaiser Permanente to provide our members, patients, and physicians with real-time access to electronic medical information which has expedited and simplified delivery of care. But the manufacture, use, and disposal of computers and their electronic accessories have a global adverse impact on human and environmental health. Recognizing the benefits and problems with electronics,... Read More

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Kaiser Permanente | DEHP Minimization in Intravenous (IV) Administration Sets – California and Hawaii Regions

Kaiser Permanente continues to work in partnership with our suppliers to reduce the exposure of our patients to harmful chemicals like the plasticizer diethylhexyl phthalate (DEHP), an industrial chemical used in products from cosmetics to PVC medical plastics, as a solvent and softener. DEHP has been shown by the U.S. FDA, the U.S. National Toxicology Program, and other research organizations to... Read More

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Mar

Less Waste: Red Bag Reduction Success at Inova Fairfax Hospital

With Regulated Medical Waste removal fees five to ten times more expensive than solid waste, hospitals benefit from reducing the generation rate to 10% of total waste through improved segregation. Hospitals generating more than 10% RMW are throwing dollars in the waste stream.Read More

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Healthier Food: Implementing a Sustainable Foods Program at Inova Health System

On a whole, the healthcare industry is serving highly processed, unhealthy foods which have both direct and indirect negative impacts on health. Production processes contaminate the environment and are unsustainable in the long-run, while unhealthy consumption habits continue to contribute to the obesity epidemic and other long-term health issues. Healthcare organizations are challenged with overhauling... Read More

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Single Use Device Reprocessing at Vanguard Health Systems

Third party reprocessing of medical use devices labeled as single use is a safe and regulated process that can reduce volume of waste generated by hospital and significantly reduce operating costs to the organization. Reprocessing is regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and third party preprocessors must meet the same standards as original device manufacturers. We identified significant... Read More

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Efficient use of Resources: Reprocessing of Single Use Devices at HCA (Hospital Corporation of America)

As hospitals transitioned away from cleaning and sterilizing much of their equipment the original equipment manufacturers (OEM) started providing single-use devices such as catheters and trocars to replace the reusable products previously employed. These OEM designated single-use devices increased the amount of waste a hospital generated and led to an increased cost. The appropriate reuse of these... Read More

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