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Asking questions about environmental attributes of electric and electronic equipment can help healthcare organizations identify suppliers who are taking the lead to reduce their use of toxic chemicals and materials.
This guide will show you how to differentiate environmental leaders for capital equipment, electronic devices, office equipment, telecommunications equipment, and anything that plugs in, uses electricity, or has a battery.
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Hospitals in the Practice Greenhealth network are committed to contracting with companies who are committed to environmental stewardship.
Corporate environmental responsibility is generally defined as the duty to cover the environmental implications of the company’s operations, products and facilities, eliminate waste and emissions, maximize the efficiency and productivity of its resources, and minimize practices that might adversely affect the enjoyment of the country’s resources by future generations.
This questionnaire for suppliers will allow them to share the environmental initiatives… Read More
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A poster promoting an Earth Day event sponsored by Washington Hospital and the city of Fremont, Calif.
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Environmental stewardship connects to population health, prevention, staff satisfaction, and performance excellence. Increasingly, health care leaders are connecting the dots and seeing that healthier food, for example, isn’t just about supporting local agriculture, but also about offering a single, programmatic focus connecting population health, community engagement, climate health, chemical avoidance, nutrition, multidrug-resistant organisms, satisfaction, and more.
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It is common for health care leaders to challenge proposed energy projects. How does Al Neuner, Geisinger Health System vice president of facilities operations convince his leadership to say “yes” every time? Learn the innovations and approaches Geisinger Health System utilized enabling them to earn a 100 Energy Star score while translating energy savings to human health impacts.
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Learn how hospitals around the world are saving water, saving money, reducing their environmental impacts, and improving their resilience to climate change.
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Webinar recording featuring hospital members sharing successes and challenges in water conservation
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In this webinar featuring EPA expert and a Mayo Clinic representative, Practice Greenhealth offers useful information on water conservation and pollution prevention.
A healthy water supply is essential for heating, cooling, and sanitation. Hospitals use a lot of water in these operations and therefore must be good stewards for their community, especially when there are external stressors to the system by record-busting drought and heat. Join two experts, one from EPA's WaterSense and one from Practice Greenhealth's Circles of Excellence in Water, Luther Midlefort Mayo Clinic, as they share… Read More
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Infection prevention and control in health care is of primary importance. However, some common ingredients in hand soaps used in the healthcare setting, including triclosan and triclocarban, can pose hazards for employees and the environment.
In light of environmental and human health concerns, Practice Greenhealth recently launched the Hand Hygiene Challenge to reduce the use of triclosan and triclocarban in the health care setting. In this session, learn how leading hospitals implemented policies to eliminate the use of triclosan and triclocarban in hand soaps, from commitment through… Read More
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This webinar provides a review of the potential for environmental and human healing with landscape management with a case study from various ecosystem-based projects. Jacob Blue reviews some of the most recent research regarding the role nature plays in human health as well as explore opportunities for improving the ecological health and function of landscapes. Following that, we hear a case study from NorthPointe and their lawn-free campus.
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