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SEPARATE AND SAVE
Save on Shredding Costs
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t the end of each day, take a few minutes to separate paper-
work that needs to be shredded from papers that can be
recycled. If an unused form has a patient ID sticker stuck to
it, rip off the sticker for shredding instead of placing the entire form in
the shredding pile. When you update paperwork, print checklists and
other printable materials that aren't provided to patients on the back
of the old forms to save further on paper-related costs.
Rowena Ferguson, BSN
Endoscopy Center of Central New York
Fayetteville, N.Y.
rferguson@assocgastro.com
z PAPER TRAIL This is just a day's worth of forms, says Rowena Ferguson, RN. Imagine how much the savings add up over a month.
Rowena
Ferguson,
BSN