Thursday, November 8, 2012

Toward a "Greener" Hospital

Hospitals Are Getting Greener to Work Better by Andy Miller.  Georgia Health News.  October 25, 2012.

Hospitals use huge amounts of water and electricity, and dispose of more than 25 pounds of waste per bed per day.  This article outlines steps Georgia hospitals have taken in design, monitoring, and rethinking materials needed in medical procedures.  An example of the latter is in Atlanta hospitals owned by Dallas-based Tenet redundancies in surgical kits have been reduced.

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