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Health, environment workshop next month
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Posted on Jun 28 2004
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, in collaboration with the Hawaii Department of Health and Hawaii hospital and medial association partners, will host a workshop in Hawaii next month aimed at helping healthcare facilities incorporate pollution prevention solutions that would minimize environmental impacts while saving money and maintaining high standards of patient care.
According to a statement, the workshop, dubbed as the Pollution Prevention Workshop for the Healthcare Industry, will be held on July 8-9 at the Honolulu Shriners Hospital in Oahu.
To be discussed are issues on mercury elimination, environmental preferable purchasing, green building, microfiber mops, minimizing the use of glutaraldehyde, pharmaceutical waste disposal, mold prevention and cleanup, energy efficiency, and environmental compliance.
On hand for the workshop are experts from the EPA Pacific Southwest Region, local regulatory agencies and local hospitals, who will be presenting real-life experiences, practical technical information, and useful tools to help implement change.
The statement also disclosed that the workshop sessions will be available via video conference; however, facilities interested in registering for this must do so by June 30.
To register for the conference, contact Joanna Tengan at (808) 432-8604 or email to joann.tengan@kp.org. For details pertaining to the conference, contact Jana Lindsey at Shriners Hospital at (808) 951-3637 or email to jlindsey@shrinenet.org.
The workshop is sponsored in partnership with Shriners Hospital, Tripler Army Medical Center, Hawaii Hospital Association, Association of PeriOperative Registered Nurse, Kapi’olani Health, Kaiser Permanente, Queen’s Medical Center, and the Hawaii Department of Health.
