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Sustainability Success Story: Reusable EKG Leads

  • Published: 10/12/2021
Emergency Department Manager Stephanie Dulak readies reusable EKG Leads at Aspirus Wausau Hospital.

The Aspirus Wausau Hospital Emergency Department team identified a sustainability project to replace its disposable 5-lead EKG cables with reusable ones. Watch ED Manager Stephanie Dulak talk about how looking at a department process with an eye toward sustainability can result in big wins.

The project enabled the ED to:

  • Cut down on its landfill waste by around 14,400 pounds a year.
  • Save $623.65 in annual landfill fees.
  • Save $46,000 in supply costs a year.
  • Receive less of the unnecessary packaging supplies come in.
  • Avoid carbon emissions associated with transporting supplies for delivery or disposal.

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