How Hospitals Can Balance​ Sustainability Goals with​ Water Safety

Hospitals strive to meet sustainability goals but must also maintain the highest standards in water safety to keep patients, visitors and staff safe. This session will explore best practices to reduce water usage while also deploying accepted protocols to reduce the risk of Legionella and other hospital-acquired infections (HAIs). Examples of how sustainability metric tracking can complement water management, Joint Commission, and CMS requirements will be examined.

Learning Objectives

• Assess the risk HAIs expose to hospitals in terms of return on investment and patient satisfaction and how to utilize this information for sustainability best practices while keeping patients, visitors, and staff safe.​
• Learn how to keep patients, visitors, and staff safe by lowering water usage while also mitigating the risk of Legionella and other waterborne pathogens.​
• Examine current regulations and mandates for water management plans aimed at keeping patients safe and explore how accepted sustainability goals and their associated metrics can play a role in the welfare of patients.​
• Develop safe water conservation efforts that extend into other sustainability efforts, including the reduction of plastic, paper, and battery usage that keep both patients and the planet safe and healthy.​

Speaker

Stephanie Litchkowski, is an award-winning sales professional with 25+ years of experience in the building products industry and a firm believer that great business is built on even better relationships.   As Northeast Business Development Manager of Specifications at Zurn Elkay, Stephanie focuses on growing market share through strategic sales efforts, strong partnerships, and, when necessary, a healthy amount of persistence. She works closely with customers and rep agencies throughout the Northeast to turn opportunities into results.

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