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Antibiotic resistance directly impacts patient care in the hospital setting as an increasing number of hospital-acquired infections are now caused by highly resistant bacteria. This threat is growing in healthcare due to the widespread use of antibiotics, much of which is given needlessly and non-therapeutically to animals intended for food. University of Washington Medical Center is trying to reduce overall antibiotic use by choosing food raised without the use of antibiotics.
Type: Resources
While Advocate has a robust antimicrobial stewardship program for prescribing practices, the organization continues to purchase meat, poultry, seafood and dairy products that are produced with large amounts of non-therapeutic antibiotics. Their goal is to adopt a system-wide food procurement policy that includes the preferential purchasing of meat, poultry, seafood, and dairy products produced without the use of non-therapeutic antibiotics.
Type: Resources
A better option for hydration and quenching thirst than sugar-sweetened beverages is water, and in the United States, tap water has been proven to be just as safe, or safer, than the bottled version.
This poster from Amery Hospital displays 10 ways to make drinking water more flavorful.
Type: Resources
Advocate Health Care provides a list of frequently asked questions and answers about phasing in antibiotic-free meat to their hospital as part of their environmental stewardship and antibiotic stewardship programs.
Type: Resources
Scott has over 20 years of experience in consulting, relationship management, and nonprofit leadership, and brings a unique perspective to craft strategies, forge partnerships, and drive change. He earned an MBA with a sustainable enterprise emphasis from Willamette University's Atkinson Graduate School of Management and a bachelor’s from Utah State University. Outside of work, he serves on the board of The Wetlands Conservancy, and enjoys Oregon wine country, travel, and king salmon fishing in Alaska.
Type: Event Presenters
This interactive session was designed to introduce affiliate premium partners to the Practice Greenhealth network and to spark conversations or kickoff collaboration opportunities.
Jacobs and Medtronic shared information about their company's sustainability efforts and achievements and discussed advancing healthcare sustainability.
Type: Event
Practice Greenhealth partners Cleveland Clinic, Mayo Clinic, and PeaceHealth have joined ecochallenge.org for a second year to offer an exciting engagement initiative designed specifically for health care caregivers.
What is the one healthcare ecochallenge?
From April 1-30, you and other members of your organization’s team will use the online platform on the ecochallenge site to select activities to do at work, at home, and in your community to help develop healthy and sustainable habits.
Choose from a wide range of daily and one-time actions crafted with health care employees in mind.… Read More
Type: Press
Katie leads our Environmental Excellence Awards program. With a background in ecology and environmental biology, she has 10 years of experience in experiential environmental education and has worked at RUSH University Medical Center for five years, in facilities management and sustainability. She was named one of Crain’s 2023 Notable Leaders in Sustainability. Passionate about the benefits of letting your landscaping go a little wild, she is Treekeeper #1754 through Openlands and has an Instagram page where she posts photos of native plants in her small Illinois yard.
Type: Staff
Chelsea is responsible for our data and metrics deliverables, maintaining our data platforms, and awards benchmarking. With nine years of experience in the health care field, they previously served as sustainability coordinator for UT Southwestern Medical Center and as management engineer for Baylor Scott & White Health in Texas, focusing on process improvement, data analysis, and related areas. They live in Dallas with their partner Victoria and dog Gracie, and love traveling, hiking, listening to audiobooks while walking Gracie, and riding their e-bike all over town.
Type: Staff
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