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Healthcare: Other Helpful Information
Health Care Without Harm 
Working to make the health care industry ecologically sustainable
Practice Greenhealth
Hospitals for a Healthy Environment, the Green Guide for Health Care, and the Healthcare Clean Energy Exchange have combined to form Practice Greenhealth, a nonprofit membership organization founded on the principles of positive environmental stewardship and best practices by organizations in the healthcare community.
OSHA
Safety and Health Topics: Healthcare Facilities
A range of information and links for healthcare
OSHA
Hospital E-tool
Offers a graphic menu to identify hazards and controls found in
the hospital and healthcare industry.
OSHA – Healthcare "Quick Start" Compliance Tool
Directed primarily to small employers in the healthcare field, this module is designed to help users find free healthcare-related resources on the OSHA Web site. The eight-step module includes information on OSHA requirements that apply to many healthcare employers, including: developing a comprehensive safety and health program, training employees, and record keeping, reporting and posting requirements. Compliance Assistance Quick Start provides step-by-step guidance on how to identify OSHA requirements and guidance materials that may apply to specific workplaces.
Global Health and Safety Initiative
The Global Health and Safety Initiative (GHSI) is a sector-wide collaboration to transform the way that healthcare designs, builds and operates its facilities, as well as the products used within those facilities
Medical, Academic and Scientific
Community Organization (MASCO)
Guidebooks, manuals and mercury product database focused primarily
on mercury in wastewater.
EPA: RCRA Online
RCRA documents by subject heading, by keyword search, or by full
text search
Healthy Air:
A Community and Business Leaders Guide
A collection of non-regulatory, time and cost-saving ideas communities can use
to reduce toxic air pollution. This guide has both a hospital
communities page (PDF) (2 pp., 251 KB, About
PDF) and a hospital
owner/operator information page (PDF) (3 pp., 254 KB, About
PDF).
Public Health Information
EPA's
Aging Initiative
Efforts to protect the environmental health of older persons.
Introduction
to Mold and Mold Remediation for Environmental and Public Health
Professionals
This web course contains information on mold prevention and remediation.
It is designed primarily for environmental and public health professionals.
The Mold Course has nine chapters, each divided into smaller lessons.
At the end of each chapter, take the voluntary quiz to test your
understanding of the material. Each chapter may be accessed at any
point in the course using the menu on the left side of the page.
Ozone and Your Patient's
Health On-line Training Course
A short, evidence-based training for family practice doctors, pediatricians
and other primary care providers.
What
you need to know about Mercury in Fish and Shellfish (PDF)
(2 pp., 235 KB, about
PDF)
Brochure with advice for women who might become pregnant, women
who are pregnant, nursing mothers and young children.
Child-Specific Exposure Factors Handbook, September 2008, National Center for Environmental Assessment
This handbook provides information on various physiological and behavioral factors commonly used in assessing children’s exposure to environmental chemicals.
Recognizing Waterborne Disease and the Health Effects of Water Pollution: A Physician On-Line Reference Guide, American College of Preventive Medicine
This on-line medical reference guide addresses waterborne disease, water terrorism, and medical preparedness.