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(Sustainable procurement guide) Health care facilities may wish to adapt this template from Practice Greenhealth to develop their own sustainable procurement policy.
Type: Resources
Health care facilities are increasingly at risk from climate disruption and are struggling to adapt. Fortunately, funding is readily available to build infrastructure resilience – if hospitals take action now to access it.
Boston Medical Center, an essential hospital and partner facility that has made sustainability and resilience a centerpiece of its mission, shows what accessing this funding can accomplish. Since 2011, BMC’s facility in Boston’s South End has lowered its energy use by about 35% and reduced carbon emissions from energy consumption by over 90%. BMC’s initiatives reduced the… Read More
Type: Press
Sterilants and disinfectants used on surfaces, medical devices, and all items that come in contact with patients are an absolute necessity for infection control in any hospital.
The two most commonly used sterilants and disinfectants for medical devices in health care also have unwanted side effects for the health care workers who use them. They are:
ethylene oxide, a known human carcinogen; and
glutaraldehyde, with reported side effects experienced by health care workers, such as breathing difficulties, rashes, headaches and nosebleeds.
Both the use and disposal of toxic sterilants and… Read More
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When preparing for meetings with prospective sponsors or executive champions, use or modify this slide deck for formal presentations that outline the opportunity for alignment of sustainability and community resilience principles with the overarching strategic goals of the hospital or health system. There's plenty of room to bring in the unique attributes of your health care facility and community.
Type: Resources
Every day, patients and workers are exposed to a wide array of chemicals in hospitals and health care facilities. Many of these chemicals have been shown to have a lasting negative impact on individual health, public health, and the environment.
Resilient flooring has a big impact on the indoor environment and on the employee and patient experience in your facility. Choosing healthier flooring can:
Decrease patient, staff, and visitor exposures to harmful chemicals that have links to asthma, cancer, and developmental impacts, among other health effects.
Decrease the volume of toxic and… Read More
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This event event occurred as part of CleanMed 2024. For information about CleanMed, the premier national conference for leaders in health care sustainability, visit CleanMed.org.
Health care has never had so many financing mechanisms for building decarbonization, but the pathway for leveraging these tools is complex. Presenters share stories from two health systems to highlight pathways for identifying finance approaches for decarbonization. The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center case study reviews how green building design standards led to an improved ASC prototype and how they… Read More
Type: Event
(Health Care Without Harm) Community gardens can take a variety of forms including rooftop gardens, schoolyard gardens, backyard gardens and neighborhood gardens.
Type: Resources
Practice Greenhealth uses a number of criteria to evaluate Environmental Excellence Award applications in its efforts to recognize hospitals and health systems for their outstanding achievements. To assist health care facility members in gaining an understanding of how applications are evaluated, Practice Greenhealth has created the following overview on our scoring framework.
Type: Resources
In the more than eight years Dunne (he/him) has been the sustainability lead at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, the institution has received seven consecutive Top 25 Environmental Excellence Awards from Practice Greenhealth for leadership in health care sustainability and over 50 sustainability-related industry awards. He currently serves on a multitude of national and international leadership cohorts, councils, and planning groups related to sustainability, climate action, sustainable sourcing, and other health care strategies. He previously worked as a consultant advancing… Read More
Type: Event Presenters
Plant-Forward Future is helping hospitals and other institutions purchase and serve healthy, locally-sourced beans and bean products to their customers in Colorado – and across the country. This short film follows Colorado farmers who grow pinto beans for local processors who create value-added products, including Fiesta Beans and Rocky Mountain Pinto Tempeh.
Ready to market plant proteins grown in your region?
All over the United States, health care systems have partnered with local producers and food processors to source plant-based protein ingredients and products especially suited… Read More
Type: Press
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