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A New Era: The Elimination of Mercury Sphygmomanometers

Alternatives to Xylene in a Hospital Lab

American Nurses Association “Reduction of Health Care Production of Toxic Pollution” Resolution

An Introduction to HIPAA

Battery Round-Ups: Get Charged!

Being Sustainable is Attainable: Case Study on University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers

Benefits of Small-Scale Chemistry

Biomedical Laboratories P2 Information

Biomedical Laboratories Pollution Prevention Checklist

CA Dept. of Health Services Guidance Document on the Management of Pharmaceutical Waste – Oct. 15, 2002 memo

CA Dept. of Health Services Guidance Document on the Management of Pharmaceutical Waste – Sept. 5, 2003 memo

Case Study on Kaiser Permanente Northwest Region

Case Study on Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

Case Study on the University of Rochester Strong Memorial Hospital: The Way to Be is Mercury-Free

Clarification on the Efficacy of Aneroid and Digital Blood Pressure Devices

Clarification on the Efficacy of Aneroid and Digital Blood Pressure Devices: Facts to Support Rebuttal of NY Times Article

Composting at Fletcher Allen Health Care

Cradle-to-Cradle Stewardship of Drugs for Minimizing Their Environmental Disposition while Promoting Human Health Part I: Rationale and Avenues toward a Green Pharmacy

Cradle-to-Cradle Stewardship of Drugs for Minimizing Their Environmental Disposition while Promoting Human Health Part II: Drug Disposal, Waste Reduction, and Future Direction

Dangerous Mercury Levels Found in Maryland Rain Water

Fluorescent Lights and Mercury

Guide For Identifying Mercury Switches/Thermostats in Common Appliances

Guide to Mercury Assessment and Elimination in HealthCare Facilities

Guidelines for the Safe Clean-up of Mercury Spilled in the Home

H2E Guidance Document: HIPAA Draft Guidelines

H2E Guidance Document: HIPAA Draft Guidelines – Attachment A: Electronic Media Destruction Guidance

H2E Guidance Document: HIPAA Draft Guidelines – Attachment B: Sample Certificate of Destruction

H2E Guidance Document: HIPAA Draft Guidelines – Attachment C: Due Diligence – Annual Audit of Confidential Paper Recycling

H2E Guidance Document: HIPAA Draft Guidelines – Attachment D: Sample Facility Assessment

H2E Guidance Document: HIPAA Draft Guidelines – Attachment E: Considerations of shredding onsite

H2E Guidance Document: HIPAA Draft Guidelines – Attachment F: Sample Administrative Policy and Procedure

H2E Guidance Document: HIPAA Draft Guidelines – Attachment G: Sample Confidentiality Agreement Between Facility and Vendor

H2E Guidance Document: HIPAA Draft Guidelines – Attachment H: Sample General Terms and Conditions

H2E Mercury Assessment Worksheet

H2E Self Assessment Guide

H2E Waste Reduction Guide – Acknowledgements

H2E Waste Reduction Guide – Appendix A – Case Studies

H2E Waste Reduction Guide – Appendix B – Waste Mgr. Job Description

H2E Waste Reduction Guide – Appendix C – Waste Assessment Plan

H2E Waste Reduction Guide – Appendix D – Waste Assessment Form

H2E Waste Reduction Guide – Appendix E – Record Review Worksheets

H2E Waste Reduction Guide – Appendix F – Conducting a Waste Sort

H2E Waste Reduction Guide – Appendix G – Waste Reduction Ideas

H2E Waste Reduction Guide – Appendix H – Sample Hauling Contract and Case Study

H2E Waste Reduction Guide – Appendix I – Questions to Ask Potential Buyers of Recyclables

H2E Waste Reduction Guide – Appendix J – Monitoring Report

H2E Waste Reduction Guide – Appendix K – Sample Regulated Medical Waste Policies

H2E Waste Reduction Guide – Appendix L – Sample Signs

H2E Waste Reduction Guide – Appendix M – Sample Waste Quiz

H2E Waste Reduction Guide – Appendix N – Resources for Donation

H2E Waste Reduction Guide – Appendix O – How to Choose a Treatment Technology

H2E Waste Reduction Guide – Appendix P – List of Figures

H2E Waste Reduction Guide – Executive Summary

H2E Waste Reduction Guide – Section I – Talking About Waste

H2E Waste Reduction Guide – Section II – Planning Your Program

H2E Waste Reduction Guide – Section III – The Project Team

H2E Waste Reduction Guide – Section IV – Waste Assessment

H2E Waste Reduction Guide – Section V – Recyclables and Solid Waste

H2E Waste Reduction Guide – Section VI – Implementation

H2E Waste Reduction Guide – Section VII – More Information about Regulated Medical Waste

H2E’s 10 Step Guide to Composting in a Health Care Facility

H2E’s 10 Step Guide to Fluorescent Lamp Recycling

H2E’s 10 Step Guide to Regulated Medical Waste Reduction

HIPAA and Paper Recycling/Destruction

Handle with Care: How to Throw Out Used Insulin Syringes and Lancets at Home

Hazardous Materials for Pharmacists

Hazardous Waste Information Center

Health Care Case Studies in Oregon

Health Care EnviroNet

Health Care EnviroNet Case Studies

Health Consultation on Drum-Top Bulb Crushers

Healthier Choices for Electronic Equipment: From Procurement to End-of-Life

Healthy Hospitals: Controlling Pests Without Harmful Pesticides

Heavy Metal

Hexachlorobenzene

How Mercury Causes Brain Neuron Degeneration (video)

How to Plan and Hold a Mercury Fever Thermometer Exchange

IPM Standards for Schools

Identifying Hazardous Waste

Illinois Fish Advisory

Interview with Marvin Stillman

Investigation of Alternatives to Mercury-Containing Products

Janitorial Products Pollution Prevention Project

Kansas Hospitals for a Healthy Environment

Keeping Mercury Out of Medical Waste

Laboratory Survival Manual

Lamp Recyclers, Inc.

Maine Warnings on Eating Fish and Game

Managing Drug Waste Liabilities

Managing Pharmaceutical Waste

Map of 2001 State Mercury Legislation

Mercury Education Produces Results

Mercury Elimination White Paper

Mercury Management Guidebook

Mercury Poisoning: The Hidden Danger In Your Home

Mercury Policy Project

Mercury Pollution & You: How Mercury Affects Human Health

Mercury Pollution Prevention

Mercury Reduction Case Studies – F.F. Thompson Hospital, Canandaigua, New York

Mercury Reduction in Florida’s Medical Facilities: Improving the Management of Mercury-Bearing Medical Wastes

Mercury Spill Assist in Watervliet, Michigan

Mercury Spill Resources

Mercury Thermometers and Your Family’s Health

Mercury Use Reduction and Waste Prevention in Medical Facilities

Mercury Vapors Video

Mercury Virtual Elimination Plan

Mercury and Fish Consumption: Medical and Public Health Issues

Mercury in Health Care Laboratory Reagents

Mercury in the Environment: A Primer

Mercury-Filled Esophageal Devices

Mercury: Your Environment, Your Food, Your Health

Minimizing Hazardous Wastes and Saving Money

Minnesota Fish Consumption Advice

NIH Mad as a Hatter Campaign

National Recycling Coalition

New York City WasteLe$$ Website

PVC & Healthcare

People who eat a lot of fish may run health risk

Persistent Bioaccumulative and Toxic (PBT) Chemical Program

Pest Management in New York State Hospitals: Risk Reduction and Health Promotion

Pollution Prevention Kit for Nurses

Pollution Prevention Works for Iowa: Health Care Case Summaries

Pollution Prevention for Analytical Laboratories

Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs)

Premier’s List of Pharmaceuticals Containing Mercury

Prevention of Dioxin Generation from PVC Plastic Use by Health Care Facilities

Products Containing Mercury Found in Medical Offices

Proper Waste Segregation & Disposal Chart – St. Francis Memorial Hospital

Proper Waste Segregation & Disposal Chart – St. Mary’s Medical Center

Protecting by Degrees: What Hospitals Can Do to Reduce Mercury Pollution

Public Health Statement for Ethylene Oxide

Purchasing for Pollution Prevention: Mercury-Free Industrial Thermometers, Manometers, Thermostats, and Switches

RCRA Online

RMW Reduction Cost Benefit Worksheet

Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corporation

Recycling Municipal Solid Waste

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

Reducing Mercury in Healthcare: Promoting a Healthier Environment

Replacing Ethylene Oxide and Glutaraldehyde

Resolutions and Shareholder MOUs on PVC, DEHP, Dioxin, Medical Waste Incineration

Reusable Totes, Blue Wrap Recycling and Composting

Rich folks eating fish feed on mercury too

Senate Votes to Bar New Mercury Thermometers

Silver Management

State-Specific Universal Waste Regulations

Statement from H2E: Mercury Elimination and Sphygmomanometers

Steps for Responding to a Large Elemental Mercury Spill

Study of Tuna, Pregnancy

Suction Canister Waste Reduction

Sustainable Hospitals Project

Sustainable Hospitals’ Gluteraldehyde Fact Sheets

The IPM Institute of North America, Inc.

The Institution Recycling Network

The Mercury Problem: Fast Facts

The Nightingale Institute for Health and the Environment

The University of Florida Integrated Pest Management in Schools

Thermometer Fact Sheet

Think Before Using the Sink!

ToxFAQs for Ethylene Oxide

US EPA Inventory of Sources of Dioxin in the United States

Vermont Fish Health Alert

Warnings on Mercury Tainted Seafood

Waste Consciousness Leads to the Return of Washable Dishes: A Case Study

Waste Reduction: Rx for a Healthy Environment

Waste Source Reduction: Hospital Case Study

Water-Quality Data for Pharmaceuticals, Hormones, and Other Organic Wastewater Contaminants in US Streams, 1999-2000

Web Conference on Pharmaceutical Waste Reduction and Discharge Issues

What Goes Around Comes Around

What Should I Do If I Have a Mercury Spill?

Wisconsin Mercury Sourcebook: Hospitals

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