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The Warm Toes Project at Virginia Mason donates PACU socks to the homeless. Virginia Mason has donated an average of 10 pounds of socks per week to Mary's Place Homeless Shelter, which would have otherwise gone in the trash, eliminating disposal costs and diverting 520 pounds per year from the landfill.
Type: Resources
Spectrum Health provides a sample sign for the recycling of single use surgical instruments.
Type: Resources
This life cycle assessment study conducted for Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. compared the overall environmental impact of disposable polypropylene blue sterilization wraps with that of reusable aluminum hard sterilization cases. The study found that the reusable hard cases have roughly half the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions impact than the disposable polypropylene blue wraps annually.
Type: Resources
(Greenhealth cost of ownership toolkit) For many medical devices and services, there are submerged costs that are not always reflected in the purchase price and may not be considered during purchasing decisions. Beyond acquisition, these costs include use, maintenance, and end of life costs, such as disposal. Practice Greenhealth tools bring these submerged costs to the surface during the procurement process.
Type: Resources
This resource provides a policy template for establishing and approving a reprocessing and remanufacturing program of single-use or disposable medical devices in accordance with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO), and other federal, state and local agencies. It outlines definitions, requirements, and policy components with the goal of ensuring safe and quality patient care while helping the environment and using scarce resources optimally.
Type: Resources
There are several environmental considerations for rapid test screen kits including waste minimization, mercury, and PVC. This guide includes sample request for proposal language and other factors to consider when purchasing rapid test screen kits.
Type: Resources
Providence Health System has been focusing for several years on how to rein in its energy use across the system. The system has benchmarked through Energy Star and has a corporate director of sustainability who works with individual facilities to set energy efficiency targets and goals.
Type: Resources
Here is a chart with some samples of pros and cons when considering sterilization and high-level disinfection options.
Type: Resources
OSHA animal studies show that ethylene oxide (EtO) is a known carcinogen; it may cause leukemia and other cancers. Inhalation can cause nausea, vomiting, neurological disorders. In solution, EtO can severely irritate and burn the skin, eyes, and lungs and may damage the central nervous system, liver, and kidneys or cause cataracts.
Type: Resources
This is a photo of an E-Ride electric utility vehicle made in Princeton, Minnesota.
Type: Resources
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