N.H Hospital Aims to Reduce Operating Room Waste

Seacoastonline.com reports on Dartmouth-Hitchcock’s efforts to reduce medical waste by joining Practice Greenhealth (01/11/2011):

Practice Greenhealth estimates that operating rooms produce 20 to 30 percent of a hospital’s waste. At Dartmouth-Hitchcock, officials have taken steps to reduce environmental impact — including reprocessing single-use devices, recycling medical plastics and installing LED lighting.