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This digest provides resources for purchasing sustainable products. Use the resources to identify environmental considerations for products and services, where to obtain more information, and the rationale for purchasing sustainably.
Please contact the procurement team with any questions.
Sustainable procurement directory
This resource provides Practice Greenhealth members with guidance on more than 120 products and services health care organizations can target for sustainable procurement.
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Type: Resources
Congratulations on winning a Practice Greenhealth Environmental Excellence Award and on your organization’s exemplary environmental stewardship.
In recognition of your dedication to environmental excellence and to help spread the word of this honor, starting on May 20, Practice Greenhealth plans to:
Announce all award winners on the Practice Greenhealth website.
Issue a press release about this year’s awards and featuring the Top 25 winners.
Share the news with other Practice Greenhealth members and in programmatic newsletters.
Promote extensively across social media, including… Read More
Type: Resources
These environmental considerations for ice machines and water coolers will help facilitate the purchasing process.
Type: Resources
(Less waste toolkit) Since 2009, St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center has reduced its regulated medical waste (RMW) from 10 to seven percent of total waste, saving an estimated $2,000 per year in waste disposal fees. The operating room and endoscopy personnel identified opportunities for improvement. This win-win opportunity was accomplished through education, improved segregation, and regular audits.
Type: Resources
(Greenhealth cost of ownership toolkit) Use our template to share your experience and results with the Greenhealth total cost of ownership calculator with others to show your great work.
Type: Resources
There is increased concern over pharmaceuticals in waterways. There are “no drugs down the drain” rules in certain states. And harm can come from unauthorized access to controlled substances and the resulting wastage. Health care facilities must address these issues and ensure alignment with DEA and EPA regulations as well as local rules. So Practice Greenhealth and a team of stakeholders developed a guidance document to support hospitals and clinicians in managing controlled substances and the resulting wastage.
The Practice Greenhealth document, Best practices for disposal of controlled… Read More
Type: Press
There is increased concern over pharmaceuticals in waterways. There are “no drugs down the drain” rules in certain states. And harm can come from unauthorized access to controlled substances and the resulting wastage. Health care facilities must address these issues and ensure alignment with Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations as well as local rules. So Practice Greenhealth and a team of stakeholders developed this guidance to support hospitals and clinicians in managing controlled substances and the resulting wastage.
Type: Resources
Dr. Stephen Lockhart, Sutter Health’s chief medical officer and executive sponsor for sustainability, highlighted the health system’s priority focus areas.
By Janet Howard, Practice Greenhealth member engagement director
In January, Gary Cohen, Health Care Without Harm and Practice Greenhealth president and co-founder, Robyn Rothman, climate and health policy manager, Thresa Pattee, member engagement manager, and I traveled to Sutter Health’s Fairfield, Calif., offices for a review of their 2018 sustainability accomplishments and to brainstorm and strategize opportunities for the year… Read More
Type: Press
This Employee engagement resource provides partners with sustainability goals and addresses daily challenges.
Learn why it’s important to engage workers and how University Hospitals Health System, Cleveland Clinic, Inova Health, Advocate Health care, and other systems are engaging staff to deepen or broaden the impacts of their sustainability programs.
Included in this suite of resources is a white paper, presentation with script, case studies and posters to help your facility further its sustainability success through employee engagement.
Type: Toolkit
Practice Greenhealth’s Healthy Interiors goal promotes public and environmental health and helps accelerate the transformation of the furnishings market to safer products.
What is Practice Greenhealth’s Healthy Interiors goal?
Ensure that 30% of the annual volume of furnishings and furniture purchases (based on cost) eliminate the use of formaldehyde, perfluorinated compounds, polyvinyl chloride (PVC), antimicrobials*, and all flame retardants**.
When chemical flame retardants are necessary to meet code requirements, use chemicals that meet GreenScreen Benchmark 3 or 4 or… Read More
Type: Resources
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