Tools and resources

HealthPartners five-year sustainability plan

• Examplary Document
• HealthPartners

This exemplary document from HealthPartners demonstrates a timeline and goals for its five-year sustainability plan. 

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Healthy beverage baseline audit tool

• Guide
• Food and Beverage Purchasing
• Tap water access

The critical first step in creating a Healthy Beverage Program in hospitals is performing an audit of beverage policies, practices, access points, and product selection currently in place. This will give the food service department the framework they need to create a clear and comprehensive plan for developing and implementing a Healthy Beverage Program. In the following pages you will find a…

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HMC Bike Locker and Shower Map

• Exemplary Document
• Harborview Medical Center
• Poster

Poster of the bike locker and employee shower locations at Harborview Medical Center.

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Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center: Environmental effort posters

• Poster
• Exemplary Document
• Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

These posters from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston celebrate environmental efforts at the hospital. The first poster includes 10 facts, the second includes the facilities awards, and the third poster is an environmental report card showing how Beth Israel measures up to their environmental goals.  

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Greenhealth Magazine: Tap into Conservation

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Green employee benefit community-supported agriculture guide

• Employee engagement
• Employee Benefit
• Get Started Guide
• Guide
• Get Started Guide
• Guide
• Toolkit

(Employee engagement toolkit) Green employee benefits can facilitate behavior changes with tangible results which also measurably benefit the environment. They have the potential to accelerate meaningful environmental impacts and bring sustainability values deeper into the fabric of an organization. The services can help retain and attract employees, as well as benefit their health and financial…

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Transportation get started guide

• Transportation
• Get Started Guide
• Guide
• Toolkit

(Transportation toolkit) The Practice Greenhealth Transportation get started guide provides guidance and resources for hospitals to create a transportation baseline, identify goals, and identify strategies to reduce the environmental and human health impacts of transportation in the health care sector.

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Environmental considerations for patient bedside products

• EPP
• EPP Resource
• Sustainable procurement
• Medical products
• Guide

Products covered in this category include pitchers, tumblers, carafes, wash basins, utility basins, sitz baths, soap dishes, denture cups, utility bowls, emesis basins, bedpans, specimen pans, medicine cups, specimen containers, liners, and urinals. Consider the following environmental questions for the RFP/RFI process to support informed decision making.

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Environmentally preferable floor cleaners: Alternatives to finishes and strippers

• EPP
• EPP Resource
• Sustainable procurement
• Green Cleaning
• Healthy interiors
• Guide

While there are opportunities for reducing the impacts from floor finish and strippers, none of the options completely eliminate health concerns or suggest a clear environmentally preferable solution. But there are choices that can be made to minimize impacts to health and the environment through procedural and purchasing paths. Elimination and substitution are inherently safer and the most…

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Environmental considerations for electronic medical products

• EPP
• EPP Resource
• Sustainable procurement
• Guide
• Medical products

The suggested environmental questions below may be used in the RFP/RFI or as part of the value analysis process. The questions cover electronic medical devices - anything that plugs in or has a battery. Some questions are signaling questions and suppliers may not be able to answer YES at this time (for example, EPEAT and ENERGY STAR).

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