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Lessons Learned
Results & Achievements Project Background & Overview
Project1:PerioperativeWasteReductionProject• Identified4floorswithoutreprocessingbins• BairPawsgownwasreplacedwithreusablegowns
(~$200,000 inannualsavings)• Coordinated10trainingsonreprocessing
Project2:FumeHoodCompetitioninLaboratories• $12,727and6,652kWhinenergyreductionsavings• Majorityoflabmemberscontinuedtoshuttheirsashafterthecompetition
SuccessfulStrategies• Conductanaudittogaugewasteandenergygeneration• Collaboratewithstaffthatarepassionateaboutsustainability• Incentivizeandrewardbehavioralchanges
RecommendationsforImprovement&ProgramExpansion• Ensurethatprojectmethodologyisefficientandfeasibletoconduct• Developatrainingplanbeforethestartofthestudyperiod• Incorporatetrainingonreprocessingandenergyreductionintostafftraining• Evaluateothersingle-usedevicesthatcanbereprocessed
Lujain Al-SalehAs a recent Environmental Science & Management graduate of UC Davis, I am interested in the connections between environmental and public health and passionate about
addressing environmental disparities on the local and global scale. I am looking forward to pursuing a career in the public health field and am so fortunate to have been a part of the Climate Corps program.
AcknowledgementsI would like to thank Gail Lee, Lyandra Dias, Seema Gandhi, and Geramye Teeter for their ongoing support and guidance. I would also like to thank Steve, Nathan, and the SEI
Team for this incredible opportunity and mentorship throughout the Fellowship. This work could not be possible without all of you.
Project1:PerioperativeWasteReductionProjectAnalyzetheuseanddisposaloftwosingle-usemedical
devicesattheMoffitt-LongHospitalattheUCSFParnassuscampus
• FoundthatBairPawsgownandHoverMatt wererarelyusedonpatientsandoftenthrownaway
• Gapofknowledgeaboutreprocessingamongstaff• ~$51,130incostsoverstudyperiod• Projectedannualsavingsare~$586,880
Project2:FumeHoodCompetitioninLaboratoriesEncouragelabmembersto“shutthesash”andreduceenergyconsumptionthroughfriendlycompetition
• Atotalof20labsparticipated• Majorityoflabswerenotshuttingthesashpriorto
thecompetition• Labmemberswerenotawarehowmuchenergy
fumehoodsused
BairPawsturnedon,
3.0%
BairPawsnotturnedon,97.0%