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• Our Work
• Sustainable Hospitals Program
• About the Project
• Mercury Elimination
• Key Resources

About the Project

Mercury Elimination in Hospitals of Ecuador and Mexico

• Safe Home Care Project
  • Overview
  • Project Objectives
  • The Team
  • Project SHARRP
  • Statistical Snapshot of Home Care
  • Key Resources
  • Contact
• Mercury Elimination in Hospitals of Ecuador and Mexico
  • About the Project
  • Project Partners
  • Key Resources
  • FAQs
  • Contact Information
• Eliminación de Mercurio en Hospitales de Ecuador y México
  • Acerca del proyecto
  • Recursos
  • Contacto

Key Resources

• Introductory presentation by Catherine Galligan

Key SHP factsheets on mercury

• Amounts of mercury in hospital equipment [PDF document]
• Selecting non-mercury thermometers [PDF document ]
• Replacing mercury thermometers with digital thermometers [PDF document]
• Comparing mercury and aneroid sphygmomanometers [PDF document]
• Tips for procuring aneroid sphygmomanometers [PDF document]

Links to mercury resources developed by other organizations

• Various mercury resources by Health Care Without Harm [link to HCWH website]
• WHO policy paper on Mercury in Health Care [link to WHO website]
• Information by the Mercury-Free Health Care Initiative [link to Initiative website]
• US-EPA information for health care providers [link to EPA website]

Mercury Reduction Workbook (under development)

• Entire Workbook [PDF document]
• Workbook by sections