Baxter Advances First Intravenous (IV) Bag Recycling Pilot for U.S. Hospitals - Seite 2

“We are proud to pilot this program with Baxter to be the first health system in the nation to begin recycling PVC IV bags,” said Jeff Good, Northwestern Medicine’s first chief sustainability executive and vice president of operations. “What started as a single-unit pilot is now standard practice across several of our inpatient units within Northwestern Memorial Hospital and has resulted in the recycling of more than 170,000 IV bags. Our health system understands the environmental importance of this pilot program and we are dedicated to creating initiatives that support our overarching sustainability goals to reduce our carbon footprint and eliminate unnecessary waste.”

As a company focused on waste reduction, Baxter’s objective for the pilot’s first phase was to establish proof of concept for a program that assists hospitals in recycling plastic IV bags manufactured by Baxter. Following the successful conclusion of the pilot phase, Northwestern Medicine will continue to implement the program and will explore expanding the program throughout the health system. Baxter is now actively seeking to engage additional health system participants in the Chicago area to further validate the process and economic feasibility. Doing so will support long-term, large-scale implementation with potential roll out to other health systems across the country.

This program builds on Baxter’s innovative experiences partnering with hospitals and waste collection companies outside of the U.S. to recycle valuable materials at the end of product life. In recent years, Baxter has introduced several programs to facilitate recycling for patients and hospitals in Australia, New Zealand, Guatemala and Colombia.

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