As an individual employee or department, you may not use a lot of paper … but have you ever thought about what LHSC consumes as an organization? The numbers might surprise you. Every month, LHSC uses:
- Gloves: 1,763,641
- Pieces of facial tissue paper: 1,218,080
- Pieces of bulk and sterile gauze: 634,987
- Needles and syringes: 582,238
- Prep swabs: 543,883
- Pieces of printer paper: 423,833
- Plastic medicine cups: 353,683
- Paper towels: 294,452
- Foam, paper and plastic cups: 275,892
- Blood tubes: 181,140
