Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
One of the largest pediatric research hospitals in the U.S., Cincinnati Children's is pursuing campus-wide energy retrofits, reprocessing, and lab waste minimization across its Burnet Avenue and Liberty campuses.
Compare to peers
Percentiles compare this hospital against peers in the selected set. Higher is better on both metrics.
Goals & progress
- Gundersen Health System (Emplify Health)100% (+55 pts ahead)
- Advocate Christ Medical Center100% (+55 pts ahead)
- Seattle Children's Hospital100% (+55 pts ahead)
Directional estimate. Tons modeled from this hospital's annual waste footprint and category benchmarks (Practice Greenhealth, vendor case studies). Diminishing returns applied when multiple solutions share a category.
- Virginia Mason Medical Center80% (+25 pts ahead)
- Sentara Norfolk General Hospital70% (+15 pts ahead)
- Yale New Haven Hospital70% (+15 pts ahead)
Directional estimate. Tons modeled from this hospital's annual waste footprint and category benchmarks (Practice Greenhealth, vendor case studies). Diminishing returns applied when multiple solutions share a category.
- Seattle Children's Hospital100% (+68 pts ahead)
- Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center90% (+58 pts ahead)
- University of Vermont Medical Center85% (+53 pts ahead)
Solutions that map to these goals
Products from our solutions directory that align with this hospital's stated commitments and active projects.
The first closed loop, 100% compostable medical isolation gown. Replaces single use plastic gowns with a plant based alternative collected and composted through a take back program.
On site aerobic digester that turns up to 220 lbs of hospital food waste and Terraloam compostable film gowns into finished compost in 24 hours closing the loop between cafeteria and clinical waste streams.
Largest reprocessor of single use medical devices in the U.S., recovering EP catheters, pulse oximeter sensors, compression sleeves and more for safe reuse.
Reprocesses single use devices and repairs rigid/flexible scopes, extending product life while maintaining FDA cleared clinical performance.
On site treatment system that decontaminates and recycles polystyrene petri dishes, PET tubes, medical tubing and polypropylene syringes back into usable resin.
First fully plastic free, PFAS free medication cup, made from bacterial cellulose. Naturally biodegrades in ~3 months and is ISO 10993 biocompatibility tested.