Tools and resources

Water savings in the sterile processing department

  • Water
  • Less Water
  • Presentation
  • Providence St. Peter Hospital
  • Water Case Study
(Less water toolkit) Providence St. Peter Hospital was able to significantly reduce its water usage and related utility costs by evaluating and making changes within its sterile processing department. This presentation demonstrates the repairs, upgrades, and protocol changes that were implemented in order to achieve these savings.

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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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Waste Posters Flyers Overlook Hospital

  • Waste
  • Regulated medical waste
  • Exemplary Document
  • Overlook Hospital
  • Poster
Open this resource to see an example of a poster on regulated medical waste disposal from Overlook Medical Center.

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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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Legacy Health - Hazardous Materials Procedures

  • Waste
  • Exemplary Document
  • Legacy Health
Legacy Health's definitions of and procedures for hazardous materials.

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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 Education Legacy Good Samaritan

  • Waste
  • Exemplary Document
  • Legacy Health
  • Education
  • Presentation
  • Waste
Health care is a huge generator of waste materials. While some wastes are difficult to avoid, many waste types can be reduced, and others can be recovered and recycled. This employee education presentation focuses on the best ways to reduce, reuse, recycle, and properly dispose of waste in Legacy Health facilities.

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