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This is an exemplary document from HealthPartners. The health system provided a list of Earth Day events for 2018 as a resource for its hospitals and clinics to support celebrations. Among them was an Earth Day Bingo game from Burnsville Park Nicollet. This Word document can be modified for your facility.
Type: Resources
Pharmaceuticals & Vaccines
Instruments, Products, and Lab Chemicals Used in Hospitals That May Contain Mercury, Fact Sheet
Preventing Damage from Pharmaceuticals, Fact Sheet
Purchaser Fact Sheet on Thimersol in Vaccines
Type: Resources
Practice Greenhealth provides a template that can be edited to make a poster on climate and human health. Use the increasing levels of ozone smog and local data on asthma and respiratory disease to illustrate how climate and human health intersect.
Type: Resources
Inova Health System is committed to creating an environmental program that contributes to a safer and healthier environment for patients, employees and community. Inova’s Supplier Sustainability Code of Conduct shares our value to work with suppliers and partners that are committed to integrating environmentally sustainability principles in their practices and conduct themselves accordingly.
Type: Resources
We encourage consideration of the following questions in the RFP/RFI when contracting for commercial printing services. These questions apply to services providing commercial printing of annual reports, binders (loose-leaf/media), booklets, brochures, newsletters, flyers, calendars, catalogs, magazines, manuals, CD/DVD duplication & printing, direct mail letters, flyers, door hangers, packaging, labels/decals, pocket/presentation folders, POP displays, postcards and tickets, raffle books.
Type: Resources
Practice Greenhealth offers live and on-demand workshops that will walk you through how to perform a complete greenhouse gas inventory for your health care facility or health system.
Each session provides guidance on how to perform a greenhouse gas (GHG) inventory using the Health Care Emissions Impact Calculator, Practice Greenhealth's accounting tool specifically designed to help health care organizations measure their emissions. Our expert takes you through a step-by-step approach, sharing tips and frequently asked questions, and emphasizes ways to take action to reduce GHG emissions.… Read More
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This template provides one-size-fits-all guidance to help health care organizations achieve successful waste management programs or projects. It outlines a new, standardized process for gathering the information necessary to design sustainable waste management solutions, optimize your project or program’s success, and develop a proposal for leadership buy-in.
Successfully implementing a sustainable waste management program or project will require following a defined process. This process includes:
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Watch the recorded training below… Read More
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Plants provide plentiful protein
[Plant-Forward-Future] The National Academy of Medicine recommends adults get a minimum of 0.8 grams of protein for every kilogram of body weight per day, or just over 7 grams for every 20 pounds of body weight. Fortunately, there are many plant-based protein sources available that not only satisfy and delight but are healthier for people and the planet.
Legumes
Includes: lentils, beans (adzuki, black, fava, chickpeas/garbanzo, kidney, lima, mung, pinto, etc.), peas (green, snow, snap, split, etc.), edamame/soybeans (and products made… Read More
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Three Practice Greenhealth partners share their strategies to reduce anesthesia gas emissions through the use of quality improvement projects focused on clinical education and interventions for propofol waste and a facility infrastructure project to reduce nitrous oxide.
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Sustainability staff at Carilion Clinic walk you through their journey to develop the health system’s first Scope 3 emissions inventory.
• Learn about all 15 categories of Scope 3 emissions and how to develop your organization’s Scope 3 emissions inventory by using the new Health Care Emissions Impact Calculator for facilities and health systems.
• Understand which Scope 3 categories are easier to reduce than others and the challenges to reducing Scope 3 emissions.
• Develop strategies and an action plan to reduce your organization’s Scope 3 emissions.
Gain a basic understanding of… Read More
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Practice Greenhealth is the leading sustainable health care organization, delivering environmental solutions to more than 1,500 hospitals and health systems in the United States and Canada. Partnership opportunities include hospitals, health systems, community health organizations, NGOs, nonprofits, government, academic institutions, and the health care value chain.