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Bulky materials such as ceiling tiles, bricks, glass, carpeting, cabinetry, and cement from construction and renovation projects can be expensive to remove. Many of Practice Greenhealth member hospitals have been able to reduce the amount of construction and demolition debris that goes to landfills by nearly 80 percent by:
Building recycling and reuse goals and requirements into new construction contracts
Purchasing fewer materials or purchasing more recyclable and/or reusable construction materials at the outset of a project
Better segregation of materials such as furniture, cabinetry,… Read More
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A poster promoting St. Mary's Health System Earth Day activities
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This guide explores the pros and cons including human health effects, environmental considerations, and EPA rules for various disinfectants and sterilizers.
Type: Resources
This guide details the environmental considerations for purchasing ceiling tiles along with the rationale and suggested questions to ask suppliers.
Type: Resources
Practice Greenhealth provides a list of questions and environmental issues to consider during the purchasing process for medical products. This document is intended to serve as a basic guide for considerations during the RFP/RFI process.
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(Delivering community benefit: Climate and health toolkit) Many hospitals and health care systems use Community Commons to generate data for their community health needs assessments and other community health efforts. Community Commons users may create custom reports. Below are suggested metrics for a climate and health report. Metrics already included in Community Commons data sets are noted below, along with other data sets that can be accessed outside of Community Commons to expand and inform a climate and health report.
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A subject site is a 455-bed hospital in the Midwest with a large laundry operation servicing three ancillary long-term care sites in addition to the main hospital and physician buildings. The main hospital building was built in 1965. SITUATION The Engineering staff was challenged to help the site (and IDN) meet overall budget reduction goals in energy use cost reduction driven by National Healthcare Legislation reimbursement reductions.
The Engineering staff also wanted to implement a set of solutions that drove long-term cost reductions that contributed to improving the overall operating… Read More
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3D TRASAR technology for boilers helps a Midwest hospital improve boiler results, reduce testing and control time by 80 percent, and save $10,940 in labor costs.
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(Delivering community benefit: Climate and health) Climate change affects the social and environmental determinants of health: clean air, safe drinking water, sufficient food and secure shelter. Doctors are increasingly treating patients with climate-related illnesses, and more than 70 percent recognize that climate is affecting their patients. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) predicts these changes will exacerbate some of our most pressing community health risks: obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular risks, asthma, access to care, and mental health concerns. Children, elderly, and… Read More
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