How Hospitals Can Heal the Planet


Dear  ,

How many of us know someone who went into a hospital healthy, and came out sick, needed readmission or even died? 

I was recently introduced to Kathy Gerwig's book Greening Health Care (1).  As I was reading, I was particularly concerned about the extent to which the healthcare industry contributes to environmental pollution, depletion of resources and overuse of toxic chemicals.  

For example, hospitals:
  • Use more than 2.5 times the energy per foot of other commercial buildings
  • Produce approximately 18,000 tons of carbon dioxide annually
  • Contribute 8% of the total US greenhouse emissions which can contribute to rising levels of chronic diseases such as asthma and diseases of the lung and heart
  • Health care institutions are consistently among the top 10 water users in their communities
    •  Up to 350 gallons per bed per day, or up to 700,000 gallons annually
Hospitals are the single largest users of chemical agents such as pesticides, cleaning agents, disinfectants, fragrances, janitorial supplies and sterilants which vaporize and contribute to indoor air pollution.  According to the US EPA, these chemical agents are the most serious risks to public health.

One simple way hospitals can contribute to a safer world and heal the planet is by using validated, certified and awarded Safer Choice instrument chemistries. 

Case Medical is proud to be a first ever 
Safer Choice Partner 
of the Year for its line of environmentally preferred instrument chemistries.  

Join us in a commitment to provide only the safest and most effective products for patients, staff and future generations. Visit us at AAOS, AORN, IAHCSMM in 2016 to learn more about how effective products can also be sustainable and affordable.


(1) Kathy Gerwig is Kaiser Permanente's Environmental Stewardship Officer



Best wishes,

Marcia Frieze, CEO, and the Case Medical Team    

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