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Procurement

As an organization, LHSC purchases hundreds of thousands of products, and uses many different types of services within our facilities. These products and services contribute both directly and indirectly to our impact on the environment – beginning with initial resource extraction, energy consumption...

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Fluorescent Lamps – Our Engineering department sent over 6,900 fluorescent light bulbs to Fluorescent Lamp Recyclers (FLR) Technologies Inc. for recycling. The amount of glass recycled from these bulbs was 2,025 kg. Phosphor powder, metals and mercury are also among the elements recycled and...

Climate Change

Over the past several decades scientists have been measuring the average temperature of the earth’s atmosphere and its oceans. They have determined that the earth’s average temperature is rising sharply in the 21st century, largely because of increased amounts of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse...

Non Invasive Ventilation

Non Invasive Ventilation: Non Invasive Positive Pressure Ventilation; NIPPV; BiPAP Non-invasive ventilation is a method of breathing support that does not require the insertion of a breathing tube. BiPAP stands for "Bi level" or two types of positive pressure ventilation. Other names for BiPAP...

Monitoring

MONITORING VITAL SIGNS HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING The term monitoring means to "watch". Patients are admitted to a critical care unit because they require "intensive observation ". The nurse-patient ratio in a critical care unit is higher than in other areas of the hospital in order to meet the...

Xrays, Technicians and Radiologists

XRAY; RADIOLOGY An X-ray is a test that uses a small amount of electromagnetic radiation. X-ray beams are emitted by a machine as individual "particles" (photons). These particles pass through the body and are detected by a special film (or Xray plate) located on the opposite side of the body. It is...

CHEST TUBES; CHEST DRAINAGE PNEUMOTHORAX HEMOTHORAX TENSION PNEUMO OR HEMOTHORAX PLEURAL EFFUSION The lungs are surrounded by a membrane or tissue called the "pleural membrane". Between the lung and this membrane is a space called the "pleural space". The pressure inside this space is normally...