Cleveland Clinic is leading a pioneering effort for healthcare facilities around the country by determining and implementing best practices to promote a greener, cleaner environment.
Our Greening the Labs initiative has developed several recommendations on how clients can keep sustainability in mind when shipping specimens to our laboratories for testing.
A single package is more efficient to ship, unpack, and process, and you can also save on shipping costs.
To ensure proper delivery and processing, please remove any previous labels from reused packaging, and ensure that the materials are still in good condition.
Since blocks and slides are not biohazardous materials, they do not need to be placed in biohazard transport bags.
Biohazard transport bags can only be used once and must be discarded as regulated medical waste, thereby increasing our regulated medical waste volume.
Please note:Â due to the risk of prion disease, biohazard transport bags should be used for brain and spinal cord tissue.
Each kit is designed with efficiency in mind: any supplies necessary to send samples to CCL are included in every box. Kits can be ordered online on our Supply Storefront.
For the sake of sustainability, we ask that clients using our Pathology Consultation Kits not add any additional packing materials.
By using the exact amount of packaging provided, we can work together to reduce waste being sent to the landfill while ensuring the integrity of submitted specimens.
