{"id":4961,"date":"2012-05-15T10:48:31","date_gmt":"2012-05-15T17:48:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unrbep.org\/?p=4961"},"modified":"2012-05-15T10:48:31","modified_gmt":"2012-05-15T17:48:31","slug":"greening-the-or-video-contest-winner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/greening-the-or-video-contest-winner\/","title":{"rendered":"Greening the OR\u00ae Video Contest Winner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><strong>Practice Greenhealth Names Inova Health System Greening the OR<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>\u00a0Video Contest Winner<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong><em>\u201cThe Recycle Mash\u201d promotes sustainability in the operating room<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>(Reston, Virginia) The winning submission in the Practice Greenhealth Greening the OR<strong><sup>\u00ae<\/sup><\/strong>\u00a0Video Contest was announced at CleanMed, the leading conference for health care sustainability professionals.\u00a0<strong>Inova Health System\u00a0<\/strong>won the contest with \u201cThe Recycle Mash,\u201d which received more than 1,800 views during the contest period.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInova Health System recognizes the efforts of our staff to safeguard public health and the environment,\u201d said Knox Singleton, Chief Executive Officer. \u201cWe are honored to be recognized for our hard work and leadership\u2014and we had a lot of fun making the video.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To view the video visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UrcKZjNI2_Y&amp;feature=colike\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UrcKZjNI2_Y&amp;feature=colike<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Operating rooms are some of the most resource-intensive and largest waste-generating areas of a hospital. A recent study estimated supply costs of operating rooms could eat up as much as 56 percent of total operating room budgets, and produce between 20 to 30 percent of a hospital\u2019s total waste volume. In addition, most operating room supplies are thrown out after just one use (or no use at all if they are part of a surgical kit), even though re-use may be an option.<\/p>\n<p>Greening the OR<strong><sup>\u00ae<\/sup><\/strong>\u00a0endorsers and sponsors were challenged to plan and produce their own Greening the OR<strong><sup>\u00ae<\/sup><\/strong>\u00a0videos, showcasing their creativity and talent, while illustrating how to reduce costs and also reduce waste, energy use, and worker and patient exposure to hazardous chemicals. The videos captured successes in all areas of green ORs and were geared to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Promote sustainability in health care and hospital facilities<\/li>\n<li>Entertain and interest viewers \u2013industry peers and customers<\/li>\n<li>Highlight the Greening the OR<strong><sup>\u00ae<\/sup><\/strong>\u00a0program<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cWe were excited by the enthusiasm we saw in all of the entries,\u201d said Laura Wenger, RN, Executive Director. \u201cIt was a hard decision, as each hospital brings a great deal of experience and expertise in reducing operating room impacts and costs to the table.\u00a0 Inova\u2019s video stood out because of the level of creativity, community involvement and number of strategies highlighted, as well as the number of views it received.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Recycle Mash\u201d was showcased May 1, 2012 in Denver, CO, at CleanMed,\u00a0<em>the<\/em>\u00a0premier national environmental conference for leaders in health care sustainability.\u00a0 At the event, Inova Health System also achieved System for Change; Inova Alexandria Hospital, Inova Fair Oaks Hospital, Inova Loudoun Hospital and Inova Mount Vernon Hospital achieved Partner for Change with Distinction, and Inova Fairfax Hospital achieved Partner for Change.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Practice Greenhealth Names Inova Health System Greening the OR\u00ae\u00a0Video Contest Winner \u201cThe Recycle Mash\u201d promotes sustainability in the operating room (Reston, Virginia) The winning submission in the Practice Greenhealth Greening the OR\u00ae\u00a0Video Contest was announced at CleanMed, the leading conference for health care sustainability professionals.\u00a0Inova Health System\u00a0won the contest with \u201cThe Recycle Mash,\u201d which received &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/greening-the-or-video-contest-winner\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Greening the OR\u00ae Video Contest Winner<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4961"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4961"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4961\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4962,"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4961\/revisions\/4962"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}