Safety Program Environmental Initiatives Dee Ann Cross, RN, MS Sr. Clinical Manager, Safety.

Safety Program Environmental Initiatives Dee Ann Cross, RN, MSSr. Clinical Manager, Safety

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Safety Positioning StatementNovation recognizes the critical importance of protecting the safety of patients, health care workers, and the environment. In effectively serving VHA and UHC member organizations, Novation will actively pursue the inclusion of safety-related products and programs in its portfolio of offerings, and collaborate with health care safety leaders to support the safety initiatives of the alliances.

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Novation’s Areas of Safety

Patient SafetyMedication SafetyHealth Care Worker SafetyEnvironmental Safety

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Novation’s 2004 Plan for SafetyReintroduce the Safety/Quality Issue Resolution Process to VHA and UHC healthcare organizations Promote Novation’s commitment to the environment among staff and VHA and UHC member health care organizationsMonitor the contracting process to ensure the continued incorporation of safety focused criteria

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Inclusion of EPP language in the Invitation to Bid (ITB). This information is scored as non-financial criteria in the decision criteria award matrix (DCAM).• Mercury elimination • PVC and DEHP reduction • Total waste volume reduction • Take back plans

Commitment to Environmental Initiatives

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Inclusion of environmental safety related criteria in the Rewarding Excellence incentive award for contract managersEstablished a planning, design and construction initiative reference list of firms that have worked on LEED projects within VHA and UHC healthcare organizations


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Novation’s contract portfolio contains agreements that provide VHA and UHC members access to: • Mercury recycling • Alternatives to mercury containing products • Waste Management Systems • Lamp and ballast recycling • Reprocessing agreements between third

parties and the VHA and UHC alliances • Value added programs from various supplies

for recycling programs • Purchasing of capital equipment with Energy

Star rating • Non-polluting products


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Development of Resource Guides • Mercury Elimination Resource Guide

(August 2002)• Managing Pharmaceutical Wastes

(February 2003) • PVC-DEHP Resource Guide

(March 2004)


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Conducted a Mercury Fever Thermometer Exchange for Novation, HPPI and VHA Irving based employees • Collected 135 mercury fever

thermometers • Approximately 2.4 ounces of mercury• Enormous employee “knowledge

exposure” to the hazards of mercury

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