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Greener ORs: Keys to making the business case
May 10th, 2012 - 4:26 pmIn the NewsOR Manager, Vol. 28 No. 5, May 2012
Perioperative staff and managers face a variety of pressures: improving processes, enhancing patient outcomes, documenting savings, meeting regulations, and more, all in a time of tighter budgets. With so much to balance, it can be difficult to consider (much less sell to upper management) the idea of greening the operating room. That’s especially...
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Hospitals at risk for hazardous pharmaceutical waste violations
March 14th, 2012 - 3:29 pmIn the NewsBy: Fred Gebhart, Contributing Editor
Drug TopicsHospitals and health systems are organizing the industry’s vast purchasing power to push manufacturers of medical products to make them with safer chemicals and to be more environmentally friendly.
Five large groups that buy $130 billion of these products every year on...
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Reducing Chemical Exposure for Children in Hospitals, Sizewise Introduces New Specialized Pediatric Mattress Line
February 28th, 2012 - 11:06 amIn the NewsSizewise, a growing and diversified medical equipment manufacturer, today announced the industry’s first pediatric mattress line that is free of harmful chemicals of concern for patients and care providers. The Sizewise pediatric mattress line is made in the United States to meet and exceed the newest industry guidelines and certifications for environmental sustainability.
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Hospitals, health groups use purchasing power to push for greener medical products
October 13th, 2011 - 12:33 pmIn the NewsBy Lena H. Sun
The Washigton PostHospitals and health systems are organizing the industry’s vast purchasing power to push manufacturers of medical products to make them with safer chemicals and to be more environmentally friendly.
Five large groups that buy $130 billion of these products every year on behalf of hospitals and other health-care facilities have adopted a standard set of questions they want vendors...
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Hospitals Boost Sustainability Efforts, Reduce Environmental Impact
July 19th, 2011 - 10:49 amIn the NewsInfection Control Today
The healthcare industry is rife with opportunities to reduce the environmental impact it creates, with the added benefits of institutional financial gain, improved patient outcomes, better staff health and reduced turnover, and community benefit, according to a report from Practice Greenhealth and from the Institute for Innovation in Large Organizations. An increasing number of healthcare institutions are...
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Simple Steps Help Set Green Product Criteria
June 8th, 2011 - 12:12 pmIn the NewsBy Greg Zimmerman, Executive Editor
FacilitiesNetMost facility managers have a good general idea of what constitutes a green product: It has a lower environmental impact than similar products of the same kind. But it's when delving into the details of that definition that the difficulty arises. The idea of matching organizational priorities — ensuring good indoor air quality, nixing particular chemicals, etc. — with product...
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Green features help transform hospital
January 26th, 2011 - 1:00 amIn the NewsBy Andy Miller
Georgia Health NewsThe greenest hospital in Georgia was considered a dinosaur five years ago. Its electrical and mechanical systems were outdated, its brick façade breaking down, its emergency department and patient rooms poorly configured.
Now, a $43 million transformation of the hospital, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Hughes Spalding, has created an up-to-date facility with environmentally friendly...
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Health Watch: Can Hospitals Go Green?
January 11th, 2011 - 1:00 amIn the NewsBy Staff Reports
Gatehouse News ServiceFor hospitals, going green can be a challenge. However, the health care industry has been making important changes so that facilities become not only stewards of patients, but also stewards of the earth.
"Because of their 24-hour nature and the need for infection control, hospitals have, historically, been one of the biggest generators of waste and consumers of water and electricity...
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Metrics Today, Metrics Tomorrow
January 1st, 2011 - 1:00 amIn the NewsBy Janet Brown
Healthcare DesignBased on a sustainable building session, “Trends in Greening-Where Does Your Facility Fall in the Greening Spectrum?” presented at the HEALTHCARE DESIGN.10 Conference, November 13-16, 2010, in Las Vegas.
Medical waste incinerators are a major source of mercury in the environment; newborn babies are born with more than 200 industrial chemicals in their bodies; the President's...
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Greening in Healthcare
November 1st, 2010 - 12:00 amIn the NewsBy Gary Laustsen, PhD, RN, FNP-BC
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