Reducing Healthcare’s Negative Environmental Impact.

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Across
  1. 1. A strategy that extends the life of medical equipment, delaying the need for new purchases.
  2. 5. A hospital's waste stream is reduced by separating non-hazardous materials from contaminated waste.
  3. 6. A healthcare model that maximizes resource use by reusing and remanufacturing medical devices.
  4. 8. An energy source hospitals can adopt to reduce their carbon footprint.
  5. 9. This type of program helps divert unused or expired medications from being flushed into sewage systems.
  6. 11. Many non-hazardous hospital materials, like paper and plastic, can be diverted from landfills through this process.
  7. 12. The process of disassembling, cleaning, and repairing used medical devices for reuse.
  8. 13. Proper medication disposal programs are a form of pharmaceutical ____, preventing water contamination.
Down
  1. 2. This is supported when hospitals and other healthcare facilities use renewable energy and reduce pollution.
  2. 3. The most basic and first step in reducing healthcare waste.
  3. 4. The name for the sustainable economic model focused on reusing and recycling materials.
  4. 7. A sustainable energy solution for heating and cooling hospital buildings.
  5. 10. The process of using less material to accomplish the same task.