Palm Drive Hospital - Green Day

Palm Drive Hospital hosted today's Green Day event titled "Improving Sustainability in Health Care." This was an opportunity for the Hospital Green Team to report on sustainability initatives that have been implemented in different departments, including the kitchen, housekeeping and waste management. Many of these program were based on a sustainability report prepared by the Green MBA program at Dominican University of California in Marin County.

I was honored to share a room with Health Care Professionals at Palm Drive Hospital as we enjoyed the presentation by Dr Barbara Sattler. She drew light to the alarming number of toxins in our environment and the even higher rate of exposure for hospital workers. In California, we're just beginning to address the best practices for Pharmaceutical Waste management. Learn more at the CalRecycle Pharmaceutical Drug Waste program, please visit http://www.calrecycle.ca.gov/HomeHazWaste/Medications/.