Inova Launches Red-Bag Waste Reduction Initiative
Pizza boxes, flowers, wadded-up paper, latex-glove boxes—those were just some of the items regularly tossed into the red bags reserved for regulated medical waste at Inova Health System, headquartered in Falls Church, Va. “You name
Hospital Sustainability Spending on the Rise
[Please note: Reprocessing is NOT specifically mentioned in this story about hospital sustainability efforts, in a poll commissioned by Johnson & Johnson.] Fifty-four percent of global health care professionals say their hospitals currently incorporate sustainability
Sustainability Trends Catching On At Hospitals
The Healthier Hospitals Initiative has released its 2013 Milestone Report, showing that more hospitals are adopting sustainability practices to reduce their environmental footprint while lowering costs and improving the health of patients and staff. The
Reprocessed Medical Devices Market Expected to Reach USD 2.58 Billion Globally in 2020
According to a new market report published by Transparency Market Research "Reprocessed Medical Devices Market - Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends and Forecast, 2014 - 2020", the global reprocessed medical devices market was
Reminder: Practice Green Health Symposium TOMORROW!
Tomorrow is Practice Green Health's Greening the OR Symposium in Chicago. Today is the last day to register. During the course of a one day workshop, discussion will cover strategies in the OR to reduce the
Health Care Savings Will More Than Cover the Cost of Reducing Emissions
RP Siegel writes: "People, primarily skeptics, often want to know what is the business case for taking action on climate change. Typically, all they can see is the prospect of energy prices going up since,