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LHSC has an extensive recycling program as part of our Waste Management Manual and Waste Reduction Work Plan . Achieving environmental sustainability and practicing due diligence with our recycling efforts is helping LHSC minimize its environmental impact, both locally and globally. Together, we can...

Resource Consumption Every time we buy something we are consuming the earth’s natural resources. Trees are cut to produce paper products, oil is extracted and processed into plastic, and various minerals are mined to make eyeglasses and toothpaste. Although most of the products we utilize in our...

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...

What is Green Procurement? “Green procurement is the procurement of products and services that have a lesser or reduced effect on human health and the environment when compared with competing products or services that serve the same purpose. A green product is one that is less harmful than the next...

Biomedical waste is regulated by the Ministry of the Environment through the Environmental Protection Act. The C-4: Management of Biomedical Waste in Ontario guideline is followed by LHSC to ensure the proper management of biomedical waste. Recycling is always the preferred method, but the unique...

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The Ministry of the Environment holds LHSC accountable for the proper disposal of and reporting of all hazardous wastes through the Hazardous Waste Information Network (HWIN). All chemicals must be disposed of according to our Chemical Waste Control Procedures and LHSC's Waste Management Manual . In...

Children are treated according to severity of their illness with the sickest children being treated first. The Emergency Department does not operate on a first come first serve basis. The Triage Nurse assesses the severity of your child’s condition upon arrival and monitors their condition while...

Zone D – First Floor City Map to Children's Hospital Directions to Emergency Department: At Commissioners Road Entrance turn into hospital grounds and drive straight ahead until the stop sign. Turn left and drive until you see the red Emergency sign on the building. At the Baseline Road Entrance...

The Ecological Stewardship program is a holistic approach to understanding, managing and reducing the impact our hospitals have on the planet. Based on the Ecological Footprint model, it calculates the impact an organization has on the renewable resources of the planet and determines how much of the...