Tools and resources

Greening the OR: social media samples

• Greening the Operating Room
• Tool

These sample social media messages show your organization's involvement in Practice Greenhealth's Greening the OR initiative.

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Implementation module: OR kit reformulation

• Greening the Operating Room
• OR Kit Reformulation

This implementation module from the Greening the Operating Room Initiative defines best practices in the OR to reduce environmental impact, cost, increase efficiency, and improve worker and patient safety.

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Suggested Environmental Considerations for Maintenance, Repair and Operations (MRO) Equipment and Supplies

• Supply Chain
• Guide
• Suppliers and Deliveries
• Purchasing

Green maintenance and operations products can improve indoor air quality, reduce the use of water and other natural resources and increase energy efficiency. Since there are thousands of products used in maintenance, repair and operations, it is important for purchasers to understand which types of environmental claims are credible. This guide contains some suggested environmental questions for…

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Value of sustainability initiatives in surgical suites

• Benchmark Report
• Greening the Operating Room

Practice Greenhealth’s report demonstrates how your hospital can save money – up to $56,000 per operating room annually – while improving environmental and community health. Leading hospitals are targeting the surgical suite to reduce waste, energy use, greenhouse gas emissions, and supply costs. Those participating in Practice Greenhealth’s Environmental Excellence Awards reported combined…

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2009 Environmental Excellence Awards Sustainability Benchmark Report

• Benchmark Report
• 2009
• Report

Practice Greenhealth’s Awards program has celebrated sustainability success since 2002. The Awards recognize the different players in the greening community (hospitals,  clinics, manufacturers, GPOs, A&E firms, etc.).  One of the Awards for which hospitals may apply, the Partner for Change Award, requires  waste data reporting as well as other criteria. This report summarizes this waste data…

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2014 Environmental Excellence Awards Sustainability Benchmark Report

• Benchmark Report
• 2014
• Report

Practice Greenhealth's 2014 edition of the annual health care Sustainability Benchmark Report, highlighting the achievements of the 2014 award-winning facilities. This report provides the nation’s most comprehensive analysis of how hospitals are progressing in their commitment to environmental stewardship. This year’s report is organized into ten separate benchmarking profiles on the different…

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2015 Environmental Excellence Awards Sustainability Benchmark Report

• Benchmark Report
• 2015
• Report

Practice Greenhealth’s 2015 Sustainability Benchmark Report highlights the achievements of the 2015 Environmental Excellence award winners—a set of 220 hospitals who are setting the standard for health care environmental stewardship. This year’s data set is based on reported activities during the 2014 calendar/fiscal year and is organized into ten distinct benchmarking profiles on the different…

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2017 Sustainability Benchmark Data Tables

• Benchmark Report
• Data

Practice Greenhealth’s benchmark reporting represents the nation’s premier analysis of sustainability performance data for the health care sector. The 355 hospitals in this year’s data set saved more than $826 million on a range of different sustainable programs over the course of 2016, while deepening relationships with their communities and better supporting a more expansive definition of…

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Why transportation?

• Transportation
• Toolkit

(Transportation toolkit) Transportation intersects with health care facilities in the ways that employees, patrons, and supplies travel to and from hospitals and satellite facilities, all of which contribute to poor air quality, hospital greenhouse gas emissions, and adverse environmental and community health outcomes. The health care sector is in a position to model and advocate for alternative…

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