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Integrated pest management (IPM) programs have the benefit of protecting staff, patients, and visitors from exposure to pesticides that are linked to adverse health impacts, including respiratory impacts, cancers, neurological disorders, and reproductive problems. A defined IPM program is a pest management strategy focusing on long-term, non-chemical strategies for prevention and suppression of pest problems through a combination of structural, cultural, mechanical, physical, and biological controls, with least-hazardous pesticides used only as a last resort. The program focuses on removing… Read More
Type: Resources
In 2018, Practice Greenhealth member Rochester Regional Health was selected as the inaugural winner of the Climate and Health Innovation Award, which recognizes a hospital or health system for innovative work addressing the health impacts of climate change.
Rochester Regional Health was chosen not only for their ambitious goal of transitioning to 100 percent clean electricity systemwide in under a decade, but also for their leadership in communicating that commitment to their patients and community.
“To keep the members of our community as healthy as possible, we must also do our part to… Read More
Type: Press
Our communities once again experienced the health impacts of climate change in 2018, including increases in heat-related illness, asthma and respiratory illness, as well as injuries and premature deaths from extreme weather events such as wildfires and hurricanes. There’s been no shortage of reports warning of the health impacts of climate change: The U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released a sobering report in September detailing the dramatic effects of climate change and the immediate steps we need to take to make progress on limiting warming in the future, the Fourth… Read More
Type: Press
Dignity Health supply chain and sustainability staff worked collaboratively with Staples, their office supply distributor, to improve the use of more sustainable office supplies throughout their network. The results of this initiative that began in late 2016 have shown both an increase in “sustainable spend” and 5 to 7 percent savings in the category of office supplies.
“Our purchasing decisions not only contribute to our cost and quality goals but connect us to our core values – especially that of stewardship – cultivating the resources entrusted to us to promote healing, which is at the… Read More
Type: Press
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Practice Greenhealth makes it easier for hospitals to select furniture and materials that meet the Healthy Interiors goal. We worked with furniture and textile manufacturers to identify products that meet the goal.
Type: Resources
Practice Greenhealth is pleased to offer members a toolkit to help hospitals and health systems reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from anesthetic gases.
A study in The Lancet found anesthetic gases make up 51 percent of an operating room’s GHG emissions, whereas anesthetic gases represent 4 percent of an OR’s GHG emissions, a variation accounted for by differences in providers’ anesthetic gas choices.
According to the 2018 Practice Greenhealth Greening the OR Benchmark Report, 101 hospitals conservatively reported more than 204,753 MTCO2e emissions in 2017, for an average of 2,027… Read More
Type: Toolkit
This document provides guidance for manufacturers wishing to meet Health Care Without Harm’s Healthy Interiors criteria and institutions working to achieve Practice Greenhealth’s Healthy Interiors goal.
Type: Resources
Practice Greenhealth member organizations have found that they can significantly increase water efficiency without huge capital outlays, using a variety of reduction and recycling strategies.
This toolkit provides you with a Practice Greenhealth member-only benefit to help with your sustainability goals and daily challenges. Click on the resources below and get started now.
Type: Toolkit
Practice Greenhealth announces winners of Top 25 Environmental Excellence Awards
[Washington, DC] Practice Greenhealth, the nation’s leading nonprofit membership and networking organization for sustainable health care, has announced the winners of its annual Top 25 Environmental Excellence Awards.
These health care facilities exemplify the best in environmental excellence, representing the highest standards for sustainability practices in health care.
“As more and more hospitals embed sustainability into their operations, the bar for environmental excellence increases every year,” said… Read More
Type: Press
By Lauren Koch, Health Care Without Harm climate and health program associate director
Let’s get one thing out of the way: I have been eying the GreenBiz conference for years. I was almost as excited to go to this event as I was for my very first CleanMed five years ago – almost.
I was positively giddy getting off the plane in Phoenix. (Temps were in the 80s, which didn’t hurt when you’re flying in from blustery Ohio.) With courses like “Building a New Carbon Economy” or “How Climate Resilient is Your Company,” I couldn’t sleep the first night, even with a generous dose of NyQuil to battle… Read More
Type: Press
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