Check out the just released 2014 Practice GreenHealth Sustainability Benchmark Report (members only). The report again highlights that award-winning hospitals adopt SUD reprocessing as a means to cut regulated medical waste. In fact, according to the report, “eighty-eight percent of facilities have implemented reprocessing programs, saving a total of $49.2 million and diverting 847 tons of waste out of the regulated medical waste stream.”
This is the only report that shows comprehensive data illustrating the progress of sustainability across the health care sector in such detail. In addition to reporting out on metrics, the report shares sustainability trends and emerging areas of focus, such as the Greening the OR® Initiative.
Read more on p. 34, 36-37, 50-51 of the Report.
