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Air quality

EtO-free sterilization reduces risk and improves air quality (1/06)

AHRQ

AHRQ offers free DVD with case studies for evidence-based design (06/08)

Assessment

How green is your facility? A quick assessment tool (1/06)

New flooring materials improve indoor air quality; reduce maintenance cost (1/06)

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Best Practices

Global Health and Safety Initiative launched to share best practices (06/08)

Bulletins

Implementing a pharmaceutical waste management system (10/29/07)

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Case Studies

Premier's Green Corner: Case studies, success stories on green purchasing and healthcare practices (06/08)

Chemical waste

Lab chemical waste recycling saves $1.7 million (1/06)

Cleaning

Cleaning in Healthcare Facilities: Reducing human health effects and environmental impacts (08/10)

EPA - "Green" disinfectant label claims (06/09)

Green cleaning program cuts cost by 75 percent (1/06)

CleanMed

CleanMed 2009 spotlights sustainability (06/09)

CleanMed: Industry's leading EPP conference (1/06)

Computers

EPEAT reaches milestone (06/09)

Risky e-waste – EPA offers guidance (06/09)

Healthcare industry mobilizes on electronic waste issue (4/07)

Premier safely disposes two tons of IT equipment (1/06)

University hospital safely disposes old computers (1/06)

Conferences

Premier Conference focuses on “green” (06/09)

CleanMed: Industry's leading EPP conference (1/06)

Construction

Green Seal’s new paint standard (06/09)

Buying green lighting (06/09)

Construction focus on energy savings (06/09)

Sustainable design promotes healing (06/09)

Cost and energy savings with transparent low-e glass (06/08)

Green Guide for Healthcare toolkit stimulates environmentally friendly building projects (4/07)

Hospitals expand green building efforts to create healing environments (4/07)

InformeDesign Web site fosters hospital, designer collaboration on "green" projects

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Design

Practical guidance on energy-efficient improvements with return on investment (06/08)

New carpet standard seeks to promote sustainability and reduce waste (06/08)

NIOSH Prevention through Design - Safer products and environmental design (06/08)

Hospitals expand green building efforts to create healing environments (4/07)

InformeDesign Web site fosters hospital, designer collaboration on "green" projects (4/07)

DEHP

Governments address DEHP risks (06/09)

Donations

Equipment donations nets savings  (06/09)

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Electronics

EPEAT reaches milestone (06/09)

Risky e-waste – EPA offers guidance (06/09)

Healthcare industry mobilizes on electronic waste issue (4/07)

Premier safely disposes two tons of IT equipment (1/06)

University hospital safely disposes old computers (1/06)

Energy efficiency

Energy efficiency’s ROI – Premier programs  (06/09)

2,200 track energy with EPA portfolio manager (06/09)

Hospitals are buying “green” energy (06/09)

Hospitals becoming more energy efficient (4/07)

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Facilities

Green Guide for Healthcare toolkit stimulates environmentally friendly building projects (4/07)

Hospitals expand green building efforts to create healing environments (4/07)

InformeDesign Web site fosters hospital, designer collaboration on "green" projects

Greening of healthcare: hospitals making a difference (1/06)

How green is your facility? A quick assessment tool (1/06)

Flooring

Resilient Flooring & Chemical Hazard (08/10)

Food

Green - healthy food projects grow  (06/09)

Healthy food movement spreads to healthcare (4/07)

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GHSI

GHSI builds on safety momentum (06/09)

Green practices/policies

Greenhouse gas threat confirmed (06/09)

Key sustainability organizations create Practice Greenhealth for greater effectiveness (06/08)

New H2E environmental guide bridges JCAHO, federal regulations (4/07)

"Green" demands from hospitals, investors, fuel Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes (4/07)

Greening of healthcare: hospitals making a difference (1/06)

Order a free CD of speakers and case studies from programs on "green" healthcare practices (1/06)

Guidelines

New H2E environmental guide bridges JCAHO, federal regulations (4/07)

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Hazardous waste disposal

Premier safely disposes two tons of IT equipment (1/06)

Lab chemical waste recycling saves $1.7 million (1/06)

University hospital safely disposes old computers (1/06)

On-site autoclave for waste saves $250,000 (1/06)

New program cuts hazardous waste in half (1/06)

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Leadership

Green, safer fabric alternatives – New report urges leadership by industry (06/08)

Premier cited for environmental leadership (1/06)

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Nursing

Luminary Project lights the way for nurses to share green successes (1/06)

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Pest control

Safer and cost-effective pest control (1/06)

PGH

PGH plants trees in Haiti for winners (06/09)

PGH calculates energy health burden (06/09)

PGH in 11th year with “green” tools

PVC/DEHP

Catholic Healthcare West switches to PVC/DEHP-free products (1/06)

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Recycling

'PET' plastic recycled into bottles (06/09)

Oregon hospitals recycle bulbs (1/06)

Resources

Premier launches Web site with "Green" Success Stories (4/07)

Order a free CD of speakers and case studies from programs on "green" healthcare practices (1/06)

Premier Safety Institute resources: Visit Web site for in-depth green resources and news (1/06)

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Statistics

"Green" demands from hospitals, investors, fuel Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes (4/07)

Quick Stats (1/06)

Successes

Premier launches Web site with "Green" Success Stories (4/07)

Luminary Project lights the way for nurses to share green successes (1/06)

Surgery

OR surgeons going green (06/09)

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Water

Medical center saves big by being smarter about water (1/06)

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