Environmental equity and the role of health care facilities
Devastating wildfires, deadly hurricanes, extreme heat, unprecedented ice storms, destructive flooding, crippling droughts. While such natural disasters are not new occurrences, the effects of climate change have exacerbated their impacts. The likelihood of more frequent and severe events means planning, preparation and recovery needs will only increase in the future.
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Resources
Anesthetic gases have a high global warming potential (GWP), learn how to mitigate its impact.
Monograph
Review the certification process and ongoing requirements for the physical environment provisions of compounded sterile preparations (CSPs) in USP .
Guides/Reports
Learn how your health care facility’s energy reduction efforts compare to national benchmarks with this report.
Book
Achieve the facility you want. With information specific to health care facilities, these guidelines assign accountability for actual building…
Education & Events
Reduce energy consumption at your health care facility with Operation Decarobonization: A Sustainability Game Plan for Health Care Facilities.
Monograph
This code overlay will assist health care systems with their decarbonization efforts