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Books

McRae, Glenn and Hollie Shaner, R.N., Guidebook for Hospital Waste Reduction Planning and Program Implementation. 1996, American Hospital Association, Chicago, IL.
McRae, Glenn, and Hollie Shaner, R.N., Managing Wastes in Merger Conditions: Optimizing Systems. 1995, American Society of Healthcare Environmental Services Professional Development Series (Number 050733).
Bisson, Connie Leach, Glenn McRae, and Hollie Shaner, R.N. An Ounce of Prevention: Waste Reduction Strategies for Health Care Facilities. 1993, American Hospital Association, Chicago, IL.
Shaner, Hollie,R.N. "Environmentally Responsible Clinical Practice." Exploring our Environmental Connections, Schuster, Eleanor A. & Carolyn L. Brown, editors. 1994, National League of Nursing, New York.
Shaner, Hollie. Becoming a Mercury Free Facility: A Priority to be Achieved by the Year 2000. November 1997. American Society fo Healthcare Environmental Services. Professional Development Series (Number 197103).

Videos

No Time to Waste: Resource Conservation for Hospitals. Released October 1995 by Fanlight Productions, 47 Halifax Street, Boston, MA 02130. Technical Consultants: Hollie Shaner, R.N. and Glenn McRae of CGH Environmental Strategies, Inc. Features recycling programs at Fletcher Allen Healthcare in Burlington, Vermont established by Hollie Shaner, as well as other hospital programs.

Articles

McRae, Glenn and Hollie Shaner, R.N. 'Invisible Costs...Visible Savings: Innovations in Waste Management for Hospitals.' Surgical Services Management, a publication of the Association of Operating Room Nurses, Denver, Colorado. April 1996.
Kiser, Jonathan, 'Hospital Recycling Moves Ahead.' Biocycle. November 1995. Pp. 30-33
Raver, Anne, 'A Vermont Hospital Turns Its Garbage Into Gold.' Sunday New York Times, October 9, 1994.
McCormack, John, 'Waste Reduction: ace-in-hand against incinerator regs.' Materials Management. October 1994. Pp. 40-46.
Beagley, Karen G., 'What's Being Done to Control Medical Waste.' Pharmaceutical & Medical Packaging News. March 1994. Pp. 27-30. '
Riggle, David, 'Advanced Hospital Recycling.' Biocycle. February 1994. '
'An RN Leads a Recycling Crusade to Heal Vermont's Environment.' American Journal of Nursing. June 1992, Vol. 92. No. 6. Pp. 82-83.
Paterson, Pat, 'Nurse Sets Up Project to Recycle OR Waste.' OR Manager. Vol. 7 No. 8. August 1991. Page 1.
Medcycle Offers Opportunities for Nurses as Front-Line Recyclers Connie Leach and Hollie Shaner. Regulatory Analyst, Vol.1 No. 2
Invisible Costs/Visible Savings: Innovations in Waste Management for Hospitals. Hollie Shaner and Glenn McRae, Surgical Services Management, Vol. 2 No. 4

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Television Coverage

Television news coverage of Hollie Shaner's work at establishing model recycling and waste reduction programs at Fletcher Allen Healthcare in Burlington, Vermont include:

ABC World News, October 1993
CNN "Managing." November 1994
CNN News feature, Summer 1995

Buying Books and Videos

Most of the following publications, video resources and kits are resource materials that CGH has either produced in response to client needs or been part of developing. Other key materials are also listed that we have found to be particularly useful and inspirational in our work, and we highly recommend them as well.

Books, Articles and Publications

Guidebook for Hospital Waste Reduction Planning and Program Implementation

Authors: Glenn McRae and Hollie Shaner

Pub: ASHES, 1996

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An Ounce of Prevention: Waste Reduction Strategies for Health Care Facilities

Authors: Connie Leach Bisson, Glenn McRae, and Hollie Shaner Pub: ASHES, 1993

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Managing Wastes in Merger Conditions: Optimizing Systems

Authors: Hollie Shaner and Glenn McRae

Pub: ASHES, 1995

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Becoming a Mercury Free Facility: A Priority to be Achieved by the Year 2000

Author: Hollie Shaner

Pub: ASHES, 1997

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Preventable Poisons: A Prescription for Reducing Medical Waste in Massachusetts (A Report by Greater Boston Physicians for Social Responsibility and the Toxics Action Center)