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G R E E N
P R A C T I C E S
TOTAL TEAM EFFORT The staff of
Seaford Endoscopy Center
participate in recycling.
Smart Ways
To Save on
Waste Disposal
P
amela Borello-Barnett, RN, BS, CNOR, is serious about recycling. From rinsing and reusing plastic bags in her kitchen at
home to using reprocessed single-use devices in her operating
rooms at St. John Oakland Hospital in Madison Heights, Mich., Ms.
Barnett has made it her personal and professional crusade to go
green.
"I hate looking at landfills when driving down the highway," says Ms.
Barnett, the clinical nurse manager of surgical services at St. John
Oakland. "I'm not a fanatic about it, but I'd like to do things that are
good for the environment and to save money."
St. John Oakland has done its part to go green. By using such
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