7:30 - 9:00
Registration, Continental Breakfast, and Exhibits

9:00 - 9:15
Welcome to CleanMed, 2001: Charlotte Brody, RN, Co-Coordinator, Health Care Without Harm

9:15 -10:30
Plenary Panel: Environmental Challenges & Visions of Sustainable Healthcare

10:30 - 11:00
Break and Exhibits

11:00 - 12:15
  Safer Needle Devices: Preventing Exposure to Bloodborne Pathogens
  Mercury-Free Hospitals
  PVC in Health Care: Its Lifecycle Hazards and Alternative Products

12:15 - 1:15
Lunch

1:15 - 2:15
Keynote Speaker: Janine Benyus, Author, Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature

2:30 - 3:45
Concurrent Panel Presentations
  Latex Allergy: Implications for Purchasing Gloves
  Litigation, Labeling, and Negotiation
  Reusable and Reprocessed Products: Reducing Material Flow

3:45 - 4:15
Break and Exhibits

4:15 - 5:30
Concurrent Working Groups: Changing Purchasing Practices in Your Organization

5:30 - 7:00
Exhibits and Reception Sponsored by B. Braun Medical, Inc.

8:00 - 9:15
Continental Breakfast and Exhibits

9:15 -10:45
Plenary Panel: Environmental Initiatives in Group Purchasing Organizations

10:45 - 11:15
Break and Exhibits

11:15 - 12:30
Concurrent Panel Presentations
  Greener Cleaners: Disinfectants and General Cleaning
  Building Green Hospitals
  Reducing Waste through Purchasing

12:30 - 2:15
Lunch

2:15 - 3:45
Plenary Panel: Implementing Environmentally Preferable Purchasing

3:45 - 4:00
Closing Remarks: Charlotte Brody, RN

  Detailed Schedule Agenda for CleanMed 2001