Tools and resources

Nursing Advocate Christ 2016

• Employee engagement
• Education
• Examplary Document
• Advocate Health Care
• Presentation

Advocate Health Care believes in caring for patients by caring for the environment. There are direct links between the health of the environment and human health, and health care facilities and employees can have an impact in reducing emissions, waste, and the use of harmful chemicals. Advocate Health Care actively promotes sustainability and educates its employees how they can participate in…

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NorthShore University Health System: Education

• Water
• Less Water
• NorthShore University HealthSystem
• Exemplary Document
• Report
• Presentation
• Education

Open this resource to see a report on water use and options for savings at NorthShore University Health Systems. Three options to reduce water use are presented along with their respective benefits, risks, and potential savings.

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Amery Hospital: Landscape design

• Water
• Amery Hospital
• Exemplary Document
• Green Building
• Poster
• Community Benefit

Amery Hospital and Clinic provides health care services that enhance the quality of life in the community and contribute to environmental health. Keeping the community and environment in mind with the design of its new facility and grounds, Amery has incorporated some elements to be enjoyed for leisure, reflection, contemplation, and health. These amenities include rain gardens, green roofs, a…

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Kaiser Permanente Irvine: Posters

• Water
• Kaiser Permanente
• Kaiser Permanente Irvine
• Exemplary Document
• Poster

Concerned with growing water scarcity, water-quality risks, and increasing water costs, among other factors, Kaiser Permanente has stepped up its efforts to conserve water by lowering their water consumption  and reducing chemical waste and other hazards that pollute.

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NYU Langone: Water management plan

• Water
• Exemplary Document
• NYU Langone Medical Center

Water and sewer costs in New York City have increased 131% since 2006 and 1,395% since 1980, well outpacing the cost increases of other utilities as well as general inflation. At the same time, water supplies have become increasingly strained and issues continue to be fueled by a changing climate. As water becomes a more critical resource, water conservation must become a higher…

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LeHigh Valley Health Network: Blue Wrap Recycling Blanket and Pillow-to-Go instructions

• Earth Day
• Lehigh Valley Health Network

Lehigh Valley Health Network creatively connects with their homeless community and local high school using recyclable materials from their facilities. These instructions to create bags and blankets and pillows to go in them resulted from a partnership between Lehigh Valley Health Network and Girl Scouts.

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Lehigh Valley Health Network: Blue wrap patterns for bedrolls and ponchos

• Earth Day
• Blue Wrap
• Lehigh Valley Health Network
• Exemplary Document

Lehigh Valley Health Network creatively connects with their homeless community and local high school using recyclable materials from their facilities. The health system provided sewing patterns to make bedrolls and ponchos from blue wrap.

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Bronson Healthcare: Serving local eggs

• Food
• Food and Beverage Purchasing
• Food Case Study
• Case Study
• Bronson Healthcare

Bronson Healthcare,the largest employer in southwest Michigan, serves nearly two million meals per year. Bronson Healthcare has a goal to source 70 percent of their food locally.

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Carolinas Medical Center: Behavioral water reduction in operating rooms

• Water Case Study
• Water
• Carolinas Medical Center
• Case Study
• Toolkit

(Less water toolkit) There are over 50 million inpatient surgeries annually in the United States according to the CDC, and the majority of clinicians still practice the tradition of hand washing with soap as standard procedure. Carolinas Medical Center’s Green OR Committee discovered that only 22 percent of their clinicians were utilizing waterless scrubs (alcohol-based hand rubs). After…

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St. Cloud, Va. water business case

• Water
• Exemplary Document
• St. Cloud
• Report

Open this resource to view a St. Cloud VA water savings report with existing use, proposed use, and potential savings.

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