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Learn about Earth Day activities from 2019 through an archived webinar.
Join Practice Greenhealth’s Hermine Levey Weston, Kim Ray from Dignity Health and Samantha McKeough from HealthPartners for some lively presentations and sharing of Earth Day events. Learn what your organization can do to engage your staff and community in environmental stewardship for this year’s celebration of our planet Earth.
Learning objectives:
Identify fresh ideas to celebrate Earth Day in healthcare settings
Explore Practice Greenhealth Resources for Earth Day
Type: Resources
Reducing HVAC demands in ORs when they are unoccupied can save an average of more than $3,200 per OR per year. Speakers review air exchange rate operation and standards, reducing rates to minimum standards during unoccupied periods.
Type: Resources
In the operating room, the stakes are high and moments count. Great measures are taken to prevent bad outcomes. At the same time, the most recent and conservative Practice Greenhealth (PGH) estimate places annual hospital waste at 5.9 million tons per year in the United States alone. Perioperative services is the single largest clinical generator of trash in all of health care, responsible for upwards of 30% of hospital waste, and making the operating room a critical target for sustainability efforts. Surgeon, Anesthesiologist, and OR Nurse decision making play primary roles in resource… Read More
Type: Resources
(Less water toolkit) Energy benchmarking tools keep evolving, and water is an increasingly precious resource that also merits analysis. Checking your patterns of consumption and comparing them with those of your peers in the healthcare industry can provide invaluable insight, and spark ideas for money-saving improvements.
Using information from Grumman/Butkus Associates' annual healthcare benchmarking survey, this webinar discusses typical usage patterns and provide methods for improving your facility's performance, including retro-commissioning.
Learning objectives
Learn about available… Read More
Type: Resources
Legacy Health's definitions of and procedures for hazardous materials.
Type: Resources
Open this resource to view an employee education presentation from the University of Vermont Medical Center on recycling.
Type: Resources
Health care is a huge generator of waste materials. While some wastes are difficult to avoid, many waste types can be reduced, and others can be recovered and recycled. This employee education presentation focuses on the best ways to reduce, reuse, recycle, and properly dispose of waste in Legacy Health facilities.
Type: Resources
Wall protection includes panels, corner guards, crash rails, and other materials used to protect walls and doors from damage. The questions in this guide cover key environmental considerations for products in this category. This category would also provide opportunities for health care facilities to earn USGBC’s LEED credits for sustainably built environments.
Type: Resources
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