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Why ask environmental questions for furnishings? Furniture and medical furnishings are made with chemicals and materials that may be hazardous and may pose risks to staff, patients and entire communities throughout their life cycle. Below are suggested line-item environmental questions for furniture and medical furnishings. These questions can be integrated into a RFP/RFI and used to evaluate selection or identification of environmental attributes.
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Please consider these environmental questions for the RFP/RFI for medical positioners. These questions also apply to mattresses, mattress overlays (egg crates, alternating pressure pads, low air loss, static air overlays), therapeutic surfaces, critical care beds, low beds, medical/surgical beds, and bariatric beds. Some of the Standardized Environmental Questions for Medical Products, v1.0, apply and offer guidance on key attributes. Additional environmental considerations are provided that are specific to this category
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Please consider tthese environmental questions for the RFP/RFI for mattresses. These questions also apply to overlays, therapeutic surfaces, critical care beds, low beds, medical/surgical beds, and bariatric beds.
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The suggested environmental questions below may be used in the RFP/RFI or as part of the value analysis process. The questions cover electronic medical devices - anything that plugs in or has a battery. Some questions are signaling questions and suppliers may not be able to answer YES at this time (for example, EPEAT and ENERGY STAR).
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While there are opportunities for reducing the impacts from floor finish and strippers, none of the options completely eliminate health concerns or suggest a clear environmentally preferable solution. But there are choices that can be made to minimize impacts to health and the environment through procedural and purchasing paths. Elimination and substitution are inherently safer and the most effective at reducing the hazard.
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The energy and equipment needed to safely evacuate Waste Anesthesia Gas (WAG) in the Operating Room (OR) may be operating during unoccupied periods, wasting energy and wearing out equipment. Concurrently, minimizing the atmospheric exhaust of WAG is considered a key strategy in reducing a health facility’s carbon footprint. The global warming potential over 100 years (GWP100) of commonly used anesthetic agents and medical gases is significant: sevoflurane 130x, isoflurane 510x, and desflurane 2540x one metric equivalent of carbon dioxide (CO2), and nitrous oxide (298x) persists in the… Read More
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Sponsored by the Health Care Climate Council, this webinar will introduce the three pillars of climate resilience - mitigation, adaptation, and leadership. Jon Utech from Cleveland Clinic will give a brief overview of the Health Care Climate Council and why Cleveland Clinic has developed a formal climate strategy and joined the Climate Council. Health Care Without Harm Co-founder Gary Cohen and Robin Guenther of Perkins+Will then team up to deliver the most relevant examples of why health care should be taking action on climate and health. Additionally, they will introduce an overview of the… Read More
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(Greenhealth cost of ownership toolkit) Learn about the business case for using the Greenhealth cost of ownership calculator and what product types are the best ones to target for an assessment. The GCO calculator provides a standard framework for evaluating and comparing the total costs to an organization of the products under consideration in the procurement process. Discover the data needed in order to use the tool efficiently and the sources for this data.
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(Greenhealth cost of ownership toolkit) This webinar will review and demo a detailed cost of ownership calculation on durable goods. The speakers will describe the data needed for a detailed assessment and the special considerations for durable goods. Users will view a demo, walking through a typical product scenario to fully understand how to use the calculator.
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(Greenhealth cost of ownership toolkit) This webinar reviews and demos a detailed cost of ownership calculation on consumable/reusable goods. The speakers describe the data needed for a detailed assessment and the special considerations for consumable/reusable goods. Users view a demo, walking through a typical product scenario to fully understand how to use the calculator to compare consumable/reusable products and the type of results that show the lowest cost and the least environmental impact to support smart purchasing decisions. This webinar offers a valuable learning opportunity for… Read More
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