When it comes to sustainable initiatives at healthcare facilities, waste-handling is joining energy-efficiency upgrades and water-saving measures at the top the list, according to a Health Facilities Management survey.
Some of the measures today's hospitals are taking include implementing an integrated waste stream system and consolidating regulated medical waste handling under a single vendor.
According to this year's survey, 40 percent of respondents track and report savings from waste stream reductions, and 48 percent report they have reduced waste stream expenditures by up to 30 percent over the past year after implementing sustainable measures.
Almost half of the respondents are not tracking and reporting waste stream reduction savings.
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