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here is so much waste in the OR that "it makes you sick to
see it," says Betsy Crosby, RN, BSN, patient care manager
at the Park Nicollet Ambulatory Surgery Center in St. Louis
Park, Minn. While ORs have many options at their disposal
for going greener, Park Nicollet's efforts to limit its medical
waste extend an additional benefit to the community, an extra step
that has won them this year's OR Excellence Award for
Environmental Stewardship.
Awards Issue
ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP
Greening Up Their Act
Park Nicollet ASC's environmental efforts carry a community benefit.
• DOING THEIR PART "It was shocking what we could recycle," says Betsy Crosby, RN, BSN. "Once we started, our staff was always asking, 'What about this?'"
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