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Use one or more of the suggested environmental disclosure questions in your RFI/RFP to help inform your purchasing decisions around processed food.
Type: Resources
Questions to ask suppliers and to take into consideration when making purchasing decisions about oils and shortenings.
Type: Resources
Practice Greenhealth presents a guide to questions and issues to consider when assessing or purchasing cabinetry.
Type: Resources
Memo from the State of California informing its agencies that solar reflective colors (white, silver metallic and gold metallic) are now mandatory to order on all light-duty passenger vehicles unless specifically exempted. Studies have shown that darker colors can raise a vehicle’s cabin temperature significantly, thereby requiring greater use of the air conditioning system and increasing fuel consumption. Solar reflective colors require the engine’s air conditioning system to work less thereby reducing fuel consumption and associated emissions for every vehicle that is replaced with a solar… Read More
Type: Resources
(Less water toolkit) Stanford Hospital and clinics had been in the process of evaluating the renovation of the sterile processing department when they realized they could take a leadership role in water efficiency and select a solution that would give a significant amount of water back to the community. An upgrade to this equipment resulted in cost savings and a reduction in water consumption.
Type: Resources
Before joining Seattle Children’s nine months ago as the Retail Operations manager, Star Commuter Bill Taylor hadn’t ridden the bus since high school. But after picking up his new ID badge and attending Day One, he noticed something different about Children’s compared to his previous workplaces. Here, he noticed a unique kind of commuting culture — one where most people don’t drive alone to work. So with support from the Transportation Department, Bill — a longtime drive-to-work commuter — tried commuting by bus. To his surprise, he loved it.
Type: Resources
Seattle Children's Hospital provides an example of an irrigation assessment work plan, including findings and an action plan.
Type: Resources
(Safer hand hygiene toolkit) Infection prevention and control in health care are of primary importance. Antimicrobials remain one of the most important lines of defense in the prevention of infection. However, some commonly used antimicrobials in hand hygiene products found in the health care setting, such as hand soaps, can pose hazards for employees and the environment and may increase antimicrobial resistance.
Type: Resources
These are suggested environmental considerations for the RFI/RFP for reusable textiles that are in addition to some of the Standardized Environmental Questions for Medical Products, V1.0. This contract category for reusable textiles covers everything from towels and blankets, staff and patient apparel, to room decor (such as curtains, drapes).
Type: Resources
Hospital workers experience an 8.6 percent higher burden of illnesses such as diabetes, congestive heart failure, hypertension, and obesity than the general U.S. workforce. Although patient meals are carefully calibrated for their nutritional profile and tailored for specific diets, food and beverages sold in hospital retail settings are often out of line with dietary recommendations. There are several possible reasons for this: a perceived consumer preference for salt, fat, and sugar, the low cost and revenue-generating capabilities of unhealthy foods, and a desire to serve “comfort foods”… Read More
Type: Resources
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