For the second consecutive year, Chandler Regional Medical Center has received the prestigious Partner for Change Award, a recognition paying tribute to outstanding environmental achievements in the health care sector.
The award, from Practice Greenhealth, recognizes healthcare facilities that continuously improve and expand upon their mercury elimination, waste reduction and pollution-prevention programs. Practice Greenhealth is a national membership organization for health care facilities committed to environmentally responsible operations.
At a minimum, facilities applying for the award must be recycling 10 percent of their total waste, have a mercury elimination program in place with a plan for total elimination, and have developed other successful pollution prevention programs.
Although honored for its efforts as an award recipient in 2009, the hospital further improved its environmental footprint this year through facility and process changes, as well as other in-house programs.
Among Chandler Regional’s achievements noted in the 2010 recognition:
- Reducing medical waste by 10 percent;
- Replacing 30 percent of toilets with the 1.6 gallons per flush model; and
- Evaluating and replacing at least two cleaning products with green products.
“It’s an honor to have our accomplishments recognized at a national level,” said Patty White, president and CEO of Chandler Regional Medical Center.
White notes that the medical center remains committed to reducing its environmental impact. “We’re continually monitoring our progress to improve our performance. Receiving this award is confirmation that we are on the right track.”
