Practice Greenhealth First Annual Greening the OR Symposium
One Day Event: September 4, 2013 | Tampa, Florida The 1st annual Greening the OR Symposium celebrates progress and milestones made on the journey to promoting environmentally friendly practices in the operating room and invites new
Hospitals Bet Big on Sustainability, and Win
Greenbiz reports in a poll conducted by Johnson &Johnson and Practice Greenhealth among 900 hospital administrators and other health care professionals attending last month’s CleanMed Conference and Exposition in Boston, survey findings reveal that the health care
Stryker Sustainability Receives Top Supplier Awards from Novation for Reprocessing Services
Infection Control Today report that Stryker’s Sustainability Solutions has received two prestigious awards from the group purchasing organization Novation for Environmental Excellence. Stryker provided single-use medical device reprocessing and remanufacturing services to over 680 members
Improving Community Health Through Sustainable Healthcare
Improving the health of the community has long been the priority of all healthcare systems in the United States. The goal of sustainable design is, in essence, the same. When the two intersect, patients, staff,
Reprocessing Medical Devices Can Save Hospitals Money
Healthcareix reports that “the practice of reprocessing single-use medical devices arouses the suspicion of some hospitals and healthcare leaders. But many more are finding that they can save millions of dollars in costs for their
Green Champion – Bringing Sustainability to the OR through Reprocessing
In an article honoring “Green Champion” OR nurse Victoria Rice-Bean of the University of Washington Medical Center, Practice Greenhealth discussed how “looking to new and innovative sustainable solutions is exciting, but it’s also a good idea