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Pharmaceutical waste can be classified as either regulated medical waste, solid waste, or hazardous waste, depending on regulations of a hospital’s state and locality. Regardless of the waste stream, our member hospitals have identified safe and responsible pharmaceutical waste disposal as a pressing challenge for several reasons:
Flushing and dumping, once common go-tos for disposal, are no longer best practice now that more and more evidence shows these discarded medications end up in groundwater.
More stringent regulations for controlled substances require additional attention to how… Read More
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Greening the OR is a sector-wide initiative that will provide administrators and OR managers with the tools necessary to reduce environmental impact while driving down costs. This complete set of guidance documents includes:
The business case
Checklist
Implementation modules
Case studies
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This is a sample integrated pest management contract for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
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Single-use medical devices are expensive resources that end up in the landfill after use. By using reprocessed medical devices, Virginia Mason has provided the highest quality of care, while reducing waste to the landfill and reducing supply costs by over $3M in three years. In 2014, Virginia Mason reprocessed or recycled over 18,850 pounds of devices, which may have otherwise have been discarded in a landfill
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Northshore University Health System has implemented waste management and recycling programs in the operating room. Employee education, staff engagement, and other initiatives have resulted in an increase in recycling rates and reductions in medical and solid waste. Open the presentation to see how Northshore was able to make sustainability improvements.
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In 2015, Virginia Mason continued to improve on their anesthesia carts to enable anesthesiologists to have an environmentally responsible practice. The carts were optimized so that each one has a recycling, compressed aerosols, and a comingled sharps container. Once the standard work was agreed to, all of the carts were standardized to the design, so that it is intuitive and easy to use. This improved quality, reduced opportunities for mistakes, and ensured a lower environmental impact.
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(Anesthetic gas toolkit) Check out the stickers UCSF created to inform providers about the environmental impact of inhaled anesthetics and recommended fresh gas flow rates.
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Practice Greenhealth provides a list of questions and environmental issues to consider during the purchasing process for instruments, analyzers, and other electronic devices, including those that consume reagents.
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According to a survey of American Thoracic Society members, most agree that climate-related medical conditions are on the rise in the form of chronic disease, allergies, and injuries. Open this resource to view the results of the survey.
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Solid waste is the largest waste stream for health care organizations, comprising two-thirds of all hospital waste. Though relatively straightforward to dispose of, the sheer volume of solid waste consumes more than 30 percent of the hospital’s total waste budget. It is also often called municipal, black bag, clear bag, or non-regulated medical waste.
Solid waste from hospitals resembles the waste generated in other sectors or even from residential neighborhoods: paper, cardboard, food waste, textiles, plastics, and other non-regulated trash, but with more plastic from gloves, catheter bags… Read More
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