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Chemicals
- Implement and Manage a Best Practice Pharmaceutical Waste Management Program
- Implement Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Practices in Your Facility
- Integrated Pest Management Practices
- Environmental Considerations for Fleet Management
- Cleaning with Multi-Enzymatic Instrument Chemistries for Medical Device Reprocessing
Energy
- Energy Procurement
- Reduce energy-consumption, and improve comfort with active chilled beam system
- Establish a baseline for current energy consumption.
- Develop an Organizational Environmental Principles Statement
- Evaluate setback of temperature and airflow settings at night.
- Evaluate and implement operating room airflow setback.
- Retrocommission HVAC controls.
- Reevaluate HVAC equipment scheduling.
- Practice preventive maintenance of major HVAC equipment.
- Evaluate steam traps for repair or replacement.
- Insulate hot water system equipment and piping.
- Replace air-handling unit (AHU) filters regularly.
- Perform economizer maintenance.
- Install variable frequency drives on pumps and motors.
- Set thermostats to balance efficiency and comfort.
- Energy Star Office Equipment
- Access energy education and achieve certification through Energy University.
- Check and repair thermal envelope.
- Evaluate and install low-e window film.
- Energy-Efficient Lighting
- Replace Magnetic Ballast, T12, and Incandescent Lighting Fixtures with More Efficient Fixtures
- Lighting: Surgical Task Lighting
- Environmental Considerations for Fleet Management
- Evaluate Opportunities to Use Alternative and Renewable Energy Sources
- Measure and Benchmark Natural Gas Purchases
Supply Chain
- Develop an Organizational Environmental Principles Statement
- Establish a Green Purchasing Committee
- Adopt a Facility-Wide Environmentally Preferable Purchasing (EPP) Policy
- Adopt a Cost, Quality, and Outcomes (CQO) Approach to Procurement
- Use Standardized Environmental Questions in Purchasing Medical Products
- Education: Environmentally Preferable Purchasing 101 (EPP 101) - An Introduction to Core Knowledge
- Education: Environmentally Preferable Purchasing 201 (EPP 201) - Implementation Strategies
- Maintain Organization-Wide Mercury-Free Policies
- Fluorescent Lighting Management and Recycling
- Install Low-Flow Flush Fixtures
- Lifecycle Management of Electronics from Procurement to Disposal
- Reduce Regulated Medical Waste (RMW) Generation
- Switch to Reusable Sharps Containers
- Implement and Manage a Best Practice Pharmaceutical Waste Management Program
- Paper Reduction and Sustainable Printing
- Purchase and Maintain Sustainable Carpet
- Use Microfiber Cloths and Mops
- Paper Products in Environmental Services
- Computers and Monitors
- Energy Star Office Equipment
- Office Supplies
- Reprocess Approved Single-Use Devices
- Implement Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Practices in Your Facility
- Integrated Pest Management Practices
- Compostable Food Service Ware
- Energy-Efficient Lighting
- Replace Magnetic Ballast, T12, and Incandescent Lighting Fixtures with More Efficient Fixtures
- Lighting: Surgical Task Lighting
- Environmental Considerations for Fleet Management
- Evaluate Opportunities to Use Alternative and Renewable Energy Sources
- Measure and Benchmark Natural Gas Purchases
- Coordinate Waste Contracts to Maximize Waste Program Performance
- Commercial Kitchen Equipment
- Choose Reusable Textiles
- Cleaning with Multi-Enzymatic Instrument Chemistries for Medical Device Reprocessing
- Convert to Rigid Reusable Sterilization Containers
Waste
- Establish a baseline for waste generation and track performance.
- Develop an Organizational Environmental Principles Statement
- Maintain Organization-Wide Mercury-Free Policies
- Fluorescent Lighting Management and Recycling
- Establish a waste minimization committee.
- Conduct a waste assessment.
- Maximize waste equipment utilization and hauling efficiencies.
- Improve waste-handling, container utilization and management process.
- Lifecycle Management of Electronics from Procurement to Disposal
- Implement a facility-wide battery recycling program.
- Develop and/or enhance the facility’s recycling program.
- Maximize construction and demolition recycling pertinent to daily operations.
- Reduce Regulated Medical Waste (RMW) Generation
- Switch to Reusable Sharps Containers
- Implement and Manage a Best Practice Pharmaceutical Waste Management Program
- Audit all hazardous waste-related activities for compliance and beyond
- Paper Reduction and Sustainable Printing
- Reprocess Approved Single-Use Devices
- Coordinate Waste Contracts to Maximize Waste Program Performance
- Convert to Rigid Reusable Sterilization Containers
Water
- Establish a baseline for current water consumption.
- Develop an Organizational Environmental Principles Statement
- Evaluate steam traps for repair or replacement.
- Insulate hot water system equipment and piping.
- Maximize cooling tower efficiency by improving water quality.
- Eliminate fixture leaks.
- Install Low-Flow Flush Fixtures
- Install low-flow faucets.
- Evaluate and optimize faucet water flows.
- Eliminate equipment and piping leaks.
- Minimize water used for washing laundry.
- Optimize ice machine water use.
- Evaluate equipment water use.
- Minimize water use for irrigation and grounds maintenance.