CleanMed 2001 :: Agenda

	Keynote Speaker Janine Benyus, Author of Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature Plenary Panels Environmental Challenges & Visions of Sustainable Healthcare Environmental Initiatives in Group purchasing Organizations (GPOs) Implementing Environmentally Preferable Purchasing. Plenary Panel Speakers Keith Callahan, Senior VP, Purchasing, Catholic Healthcare West Tom Gruber, VP, Materials Management, Catholic Health East Joseph W. Hummel, Senior VP, Contracts & Purchasing, Kaiser Permanente Bruno Klausbruckner, Department Head, Environmental Affairs, Vienna Hospital Association Sharon O'Keefe, COO, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Ted Schettler, MD, MPH, Science Director, Science and Environmental Health Network John Strong, President, Consorta, Inc. Peggy Styer, Director, Supply Chain Management, Catholic Healthcare West Ake Wennmalm, MD, Environmental Director, Stockholm County Council and Professor of Clinical Physiology	Concurrent Workshops Reducing Waste Through Purchasing Greener Cleaners: Disinfectants and General Cleaning Safer Needle Device Mercury-Free Hospitals Reusable and Reprocessed Products Litigation and Labeling: Incentives for Environmentally Preferable Purchasing? Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) Plastic and DEHP Use in Hospitals Latex-Free Gloves CleanMed 2001 Schedule of Events



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