Tools and resources

Boston Medical Center: Mercury Inventory (2016)

• Chemicals
• Mercury
• Exemplary Document
• Boston Medical Center
• Policy

View this resource to read a sample policy from Boston Medical on the elimination of mercury in the workplace, including potential sources and safe disposal.

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Boston Medical Center Green Building LEED Documents (2016)

• Green Building
• Exemplary Document
• Boston Medical Center
• Checklist
• Guide

Boston Medical Center requires that new major additions or buildings incorporate the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design-Health Care ("LEED-HC") and Green Guide for Health Care ("GGHC") green building standards. Boston Medical Center has developed LEED Checklists that  help achieve this requirement to meet the silver rating of the LEED -HC and GGHC.

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Beaumont Health System Green Officer Certification program

• Engaged Leadership
• Case Study
• Employee engagement
• Beaumont Health System
• Toolkit

(Employee engagement toolkit) The Beaumont Health System Green Officers program is a voluntary program where interested staffers help communicate and educate others about sustainability programming at Beaumont. Any staff member can volunteer to be a Green Officer. The Green Officers act as role models to other staff through energy, water, and waste conservation practices, and they are…

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Anesthesia: Virginia Mason 2016

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

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. …

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UCSF Medical Center: Anesthetic gas flow rate stickers

• Exemplary Document
• UCSF
• Anesthetic Gas
• Greenhouse Gas
• Clinician engagement
• Greening the Operating Room

(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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Analyzers, Reagents

• EPP
• EPP Resource
• Tool
• Guide
• Sustainable procurement
• Mercury

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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American Thoracic Society - Climate Related Medical Conditions

• Climate and Health
• Print Materials
• Poster

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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Waste management services RFP questions

• Waste
• Recycling
• Waste Management

When contracting for waste management and recycling services, consider the suggested RFI/RFP questions to assess service options to maximize waste reduction and recycling opportunities. Practice Greenhealth provides members detailed purchasing guidance on waste tracking, hauling, auditing, and fees.

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Advocate Health Care design standard bulletin: Healthy interiors

• Chemicals
• Exemplary Document
• Advocate Health Care
• Healthy interiors

This exemplary document from Advocate Health Care demonstrates how this system achieved the Healthy Interiors goal:  “Effective immediately, purchases of freestanding furniture and medical furnishings for any Advocate capital or renovation project are to be specified without the intentional use of the following chemicals: halogenated fire retardants formaldehyde, …

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Advocate Health Care green advocates and sustainable work space certification

• Engaged Leadership
• Case Study
• Advocate Health Care
• Employee engagement
• Toolkit

(Employee engagement toolkit) Advocate Health Care strives to create a culture of conservation and improve the health of people and the environment. At Advocate, sustainability initiatives are an important part of wellness and managing health care costs. Two of the programs developed to do this are the Green Advocate Program and the Sustainable Work Space Program.

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