{"id":5061,"date":"2012-06-20T14:33:53","date_gmt":"2012-06-20T21:33:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unrbep.org\/?p=5061"},"modified":"2012-06-20T14:33:53","modified_gmt":"2012-06-20T21:33:53","slug":"study-confirms-daniels-sharpsmart-helps-hospitals-reduce-carbon-footprint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/study-confirms-daniels-sharpsmart-helps-hospitals-reduce-carbon-footprint\/","title":{"rendered":"Study Confirms Daniels Sharpsmart Helps Hospitals Reduce Carbon Footprint"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source: Environmental Expert.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Northwestern Memorial Hospital Achieves 84 Percent Reduction In Sharps Greenhouse Gas Emissions<\/strong><\/p>\n

CHICAGO, June 19, 2012 \/PR Newswire\/ — \u00a0A recent scientific study confirms that Daniels Sharpsmart reusable sharp containers (RSC) help hospitals reduce their carbon footprint by reducing their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. \u00a0Most recently, Daniels Sharpsmart containers have helped the 850-bed Northwestern Memorial Hospital (NMH) obtain an 84 percent reduction in their carbon footprint for sharps waste.\u00a0 The sustainability paper by Terry Grimmond of Grimmond and Associates and Sandra Reiner, NMH Infection Control and Prevention Coordinator, was recently published online in the International\u00a0Solid Waste Association’s, Waste Management & Research <\/em>journal.<\/p>\n

‘A top priority for hospitals is finding ways they can practice green healthcare,’ said\u00a0David Skinner, Vice President of Daniels Sharpsmart.\u00a0 ‘Thus, it’s imperative that we remain on the forefront of discovering new methods that can help hospitals reduce their carbon footprint while still delivering optimal care to patients.’<\/p>\n

Hospitals currently account for 3 percent of U.S.\u00a0greenhouse gas\u00a0(GHG) emissions and are striving to increase their sustainability and to decrease their\u00a0global warming\u00a0potential (GWP).\u00a0Of their emissions, 54 percent are derived from supply chain goods and services. By targeting supply chain points and replacing disposable sharp containers (DSC) with Sharpsmart RSC, Daniels Sharpsmart explored how NMH could reduce their GWP.<\/p>\n

The authors estimated that U.S. hospitals dispose of their needles, scalpels, etc., into 35 million disposable (DSC) or reusable (RSC)\u00a0sharps containers, which generate GHG in their manufacture, use and disposal.\u00a0 By using reusable\u00a0sharps containers, the study revealed that NMH was able to reduce its annual GWP by 127 MTCO2eq (84 percent) as well as diverting 31 tons of plastic and 5 tons of\u00a0cardboard\u00a0from being deposited in\u00a0landfills.\u00a0 In addition, by using RSC there was a reduction in the number of containers manufactured from 34,396 DSC annually to only 1,844 RSC in year one only.\u00a0 The study also stated that NMH costs (for containers and disposal) were reduced by 19.2 percent by using Sharpsmarts (which in previous studies were associated with significant reductions in sharps\u00a0injuries).<\/p>\n

The percentage reduction in NMH’s sharps management GWP using Sharpsmarts exceeds the 28 percent target required of\u00a0United States\u00a0federal hospitals by 2020 and the 2050 target of eighty percent required by hospitals in the\u00a0United Kingdom. The authors currently estimate that the total GWP associated with sharps containment and disposal in\u00a0the United States\u00a0is approximately 100,000 MTCO2eq per annum.\u00a0 If reusable\u00a0sharps containers\u00a0were used in all of the hospitals in\u00a0the United States, approximately 64,000 MTCO2eq could be saved.<\/p>\n

About Daniels Sharpsmart<\/strong>
\nDaniels Sharpsmart Inc. is the world’s largest provider of reusable systems for sharps disposal and the second largest company in the\u00a0medical waste\u00a0disposal industry\u00a0in the United States.\u00a0 The Sharpsmart system was launched in 1999 and is the most widely researched sharps containment system in the world, the only system to have peer-reviewed confirmation of sharps injury reduction and the only system in which all container models meet the tests required by the European Agreement (AFG) on\u00a0Transport of Dangerous Goods.\u00a0 The company’s innovative Sharpsmart system is used in health care facilities in\u00a0the United States, Canada, the\u00a0United Kingdom,\u00a0Australia,\u00a0New Zealand\u00a0and South Africa.\u00a0 For more information, please visit\u00a0http:\/\/danielsinternational.com\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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