Create an environment where conservation is part of every units culture, in regards to; electicity and costly medical supplies.

-Often lights are left on in infrequently used rooms i.e. staff bathroom, linen room, and room where we store belongings/walkers-turn off lights when exiting, investigate use of motion sensing switches in infrequently used rooms.

-Investigate alternatives to costly medical supplies-i.e. use of clean cotton ball vs sterile 2x2 gauze after fsbg

-Simple reminder signs to staff as they prepare to go off shift, to empty pockets of unit pens, penlights, dry erase markers etc

-Educate staff re: cost of a full linen change, make it ok to re-use a non-soiled heavy blanket on patients beds, and to avoid the automatic placement of chux to every pt. bed

-Avoid distributing basin and kidney pans to all patients on admission.