Tools and resources

Sample mercury elimination and management policy

• Exemplary Document
• Chemicals
• Mercury
• Policy

The purpose of this policy is to provide guidelines for removing mercury‐containing equipment where safe, effective, mercury‐ free alternatives exist and ensuring the safe handling of remaining mercury‐containing chemicals and equipment.   

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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, perfluorinated compounds, and…

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Suggested integrated pest management RFP Questions

• Chemicals
• Tool
• Integrated pest management

Integrated pest management (IPM) is a coordinated approach to pest management that seeks to prevent unacceptable levels of pests by prioritizing the most-effective means with the least possible hazard to building occupants, workers and the environment. This is a strategy focusing on long-term prevention and suppression of pest problems through a combination of practices such as structural,…

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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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Ten-step guide to implementing an integrated pest management program

• Chemicals
• Guide
• Integrated pest management

One of the most important responsibilities of any health care provider can be captured best by four wellknown words from the writings of Hippocrates: “First, do no harm.” Adhering to that maxim is intuitive and ethical, and in recent years has led to a variety of programs to improve not only the tools and techniques of modern medicine, but also the health care environment itself. One of the most…

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Broad EPP_Broad Chemicals Advocate 2016

• Chemicals
• Exemplary Document
• Advocate Health Care
• Policy
• Guide

Advocate Health Care outlines their guiding aims, principles, and practices regarding the purchase and use of chemicals.

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University of Rochester Strong Memorial Hospital: Integrated Pest Management case study

• Chemicals
• Exemplary Document
• University of Rochester Strong Memorial Hospital

In the process of eliminating pests, health care facilities can expose patients and employees to toxic chemicals through the inhalation, ingestion, and absorption of pesticide residues. Most vulnerable to pesticides are pregnant women, infants and children, the elderly, and those with compromised immune systems, allergies, and sensitivity to pesticides. These populations are present in abundance…

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CDC Guideline for Disinfection and Sterilization in Healthcare Facilities

• Chemicals
• Guide
• Sterilants and Disinfectants
• Green Cleaning

(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) The Guideline for Disinfection and Sterilization in Healthcare Facilities, 2008, presents evidence-based recommendations on the preferred methods for cleaning, disinfection, and sterilization of patient care medical devices and for cleaning and disinfecting the healthcare environment.

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Commonwealth of Pennsylvania contract for integrated pest management services

• Chemicals
• Exemplary Document
• Integrated pest management

This is a sample integrated pest management contract for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. 

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EcoWise integrated pest management contracting toolkit

• Chemicals
• Guide
• Integrated pest management

Integrated pest management (IPM) is a systematic approach that combines pest prevention with other management techniques that often lead to a reduction in pesticide use. Because IPM is perceived as desirable, public agencies are increasingly being challenged by regulatory agencies and the general public to implement IPM programs and hire technically proficient IPM service providers. We have…

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