Tools and resources

RMW Reduction Clinical Plastics Recycling: Clinical Plastics Virginia Mason 2016

• Waste
• Reuse or Donate
• Textile Reuse
• Exemplary Document
• Virginia Mason
• Guide
• Policy

The Warm Toes Project at Virginia Mason donates PACU socks to the homeless. Virginia Mason has donated an average of 10 pounds of socks per week to Mary's Place Homeless Shelter, which would have otherwise gone in the trash, eliminating disposal costs and diverting 520 pounds per year from the landfill.

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Spectrum Health: Medical plastics recycling in the OR

• Greening the Operating Room Case Study
• Recycling
• Case Study

To become a more sustainable organization, Spectrum Health hired a sustainability coordinator to address recycling. Spectrum Health’s goal was to reduce its overall waste stream by 30 percent by focusing on regulated medical waste reduction and recycling efforts.

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Virginia Mason: Sustainable anesthesia case cart

• Greening the Operating Room
• Exemplary Document
• Virginia Mason
• Report

(Anesthetic gas toolkit) 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…

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Waste Education University of Vermont Medical Center

• Waste
• Exemplary Document
• UVM Medical Center
• Presentation
• Education
• Recycling

Open this resource to view an employee education presentation from the University of Vermont Medical Center on recycling.

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Waste Posters Flyers Boston Medical Center

• Waste
• Exemplary Document
• Boston Medical Center
• Poster
• Stericycle

View this resource to see an example of a recycling poster from Boston Medical Center and Stericycle.

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Waste Posters Flyers Seattle Children's

• Waste
• Recycling
• Exemplary Document
• Seattle Children's Hospital
• Poster

Open this resource to see an example of a poster on recycling in the ICU from Seattle Children's Hospital.

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MedStar 2016

• Engaged Leadership
• Employee engagement
• Exemplary Document
• MedStar
• Report
• Marketing

The August 2015 monthly newsletter from the Maryland Hospitals for a Healthy Environment features notable achievements by MedStar facilities. MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center implemented a successful waste segregation program that decreased regulated medical waste and increased recycling inside the operating rooms, while MedStar Montgomery Medical Center held ten sustainability and wellness…

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Environmental Commitment Statement Dignity Health 2016

• Exemplary Document
• Dignity Health
• Communications
• Pledge
• Policy

Dignity Health manages its operations in a manner demonstrably protective of human health and the environment and seeks new and better ways to meet its environmental goals through conservation, reduction, reuse and recycling programs. Dignity Health is committed to improving environmental management in its hospitals and to partnering with others in its community to safeguard the health of people…

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Environmental Commitment Statement Stony Brook University Hospital 2016

• Exemplary Document
• Stony Brook University Hospital
• Pledge
• Policy

Stony Brook University Hospital is committed to promote healthier communities both locally and globally, and to be an environmental leader in all aspects of our buildings and operations in a manner that demonstrates protection of the environment and human health. We recognize the critical link between human health and the health of the environment, and continue to seek new and innovative ways to…

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Environmental Commitment Statement Washington Hospital 2016

• Exemplary Document
• Washington Hospital
• Pledge
• Policy

The Washington Hospital Healthcare System (WHHS) affirms our commitment to promote healthier communities both locally and globally. We will strive to be an environmental leader in a manner that protects environmental and human health. WHHS recognizes the critical link between human health and the health of the environment. We will implement new and innovative ways to improve environmental…

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