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Hans began his love for food when he was about 5 years old when he cooked his first omelet. Growing up in a household of two amazing parents who could make anything taste delicious, he learned all there is to know about food. One of his grandmothers was of Italian descent, and the other was Danish and a French-trained chef who taught him about the basis of culinary perfection. Hans started out working as a chef with inspiration from Mexican cuisine and followed that path for many years. He then grew into worldly cuisines and worked in restaurants all over New York City. He then went into… Read More
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Elizabeth comes to us from Articularis Healthcare Group, where she served as an executive assistant, and brings to her role exceptional business administration skills and a background in executive support and human resources. She holds an MBA with a concentration in human resources management from Southern New Hampshire University. She is passionate about nature preservation, volunteer work, and her friends and family, and enjoys taking exercise classes and learning new recipes.
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Regulated medical waste (RMW) is regulated at the state level, with each state defining what material is legally considered to be RMW (also called infectious waste, biohazardous waste or special medical waste (depending on the state) within its borders. The state regulation also typically lays out the appropriate or acceptable treatment or disinfection methods for different classes of medical waste, as well as the proper storage, labeling, manifesting and disposal requirements for RMW. The agency defining RMW can vary by state but is typically the state department of health or the state… Read More
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These documents provide guidance for manufacturers wishing to meet Health Care Without Harm’s Healthy Carpet criteria. The criteria apply to carpet tile, broadloom carpet, and carpet padding. The criteria do not apply to area rugs and outdoor carpet and rugs.
Manufacturers interested in developing a list of their products that meet the Healthy Carpet criteria should visit Greenhealth Approved.
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Stephen (he/him) started at Stanford Health Care’s main Palo Alto, CA hospital in June 2020. He is responsible for purchasing, supplier relationships, managing the central food services storage locations, and all food service procurement. These responsibilities cover multiple operational units of food services, including patient dining, retail, catering, a restaurant, event services, and disaster/emergency food supplies stock. Before joining Stanford Health Care, Stephen was the Purchasing Manager for Delaware North at Petco Park. He was responsible for the purchasing for all food &… Read More
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Kathy (she/her) works on various projects, including Beef2Institution, school food, processing issues for ranchers, certifications, and building consumer demand for regenerative agriculture. The ranch exists to practice and promote regenerative agriculture, inspire and catalyze action to transform five million acres to regenerative land management, and shift five million eaters to purchase food raised from regenerative farms. Growing up in California, Kathy studied nutrition/dietetics at CSU Chico State and is passionate about food and farming. She has been with the ranch since 2007 and… Read More
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As a Farm to Market Strategist for the Community Alliance with Family Farmers, Ben (he/him) supports the Farm to Market Team to develop and deliver programs that help small-scale California family farmers and ranchers reach new markets and bring the food they grow to local communities. Ben is a founding member of Beef2Institution, bringing more than ten years of experience in value-based supply chain coordination for institutions throughout California. In addition to supporting Beef2Institution with CAFF, Ben manages Shared Plate Strategies, helping institutional buyers navigate their… Read More
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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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Many of our member hospitals have made eliminating polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and the plasticizer di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) from clinical products and devices a top priority, by creating PVC- and DEHP-free purchasing policies as part of their larger institutional safer chemicals policy, and by targeting specific hospital areas, such as the NICU, or product categories one-by-one.
Switching to products that are free of both PVC and DEHP is beneficial to patient safety. The Food and Drug Administration has recommended hospitals limit exposures to DEHP for sensitive populations, especially… Read More
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KEY TAKEAWAYS
Clinical care is the single largest factor driving health care emissions, which means the health care sector will not be able to reduce emissions sufficiently without engaging health professionals in efforts to reduce the climate impact of clinical care.
Mass General Brigham (MGB) created four medical/clinical director of sustainability positions in recognition of the need for health professional leadership to advance climate-smart health care.
Through the leadership of the health professionals in these roles, MGB reduced its environmental impact and… Read More
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