AORN Journal
Volume 90, Issue 1 , Pages 33-40 , July 2009

Starting a Health Care System Green Team

  • Elisa A. Mejia, RN, BSN, BA, CNOR, CPC-H

      Affiliations

    • Elisa A. Mejia, RN, BSN, BA, CNOR, CPC-H, is an infection prevention and control nurse at UAB Highlands, Birmingham, AL.
    • ,
  • Barbara Sattler, RN, DrPH, FAAN

      Affiliations

    • Barbara Sattler, RN, DrPH, FAAN, is the director, Environmental Health Education Center, and a professor at the University of Maryland School of Nursing, Baltimore.

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PII: S0001-2092(09)00185-9

doi: 10.1016/j.aorn.2009.03.001

AORN Journal
Volume 90, Issue 1 , Pages 33-40 , July 2009

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