Worried about bedbugs in patient rooms, flies in the kitchen, ants in the stock room and other uninvited guests taking up residence in your hospital?
If so, come to Springfield Hospital Center for a free session (lunch included!) to learn how to get rid of unwanted visitors WITHOUT using toxic chemicals.
As a winner of an Integrated Pest Management (IPM) award from the Maryland Pesticide Network, Springfield Hospital Center is hosting an afternoon session June 21st on developing an IPM program. Springfield Hospital Center has gone pesticide-free! Come learn about implementing an IPM program, have lunch, compare notes with your peers, and more!
MD H2E Trailblazer Education Series
You are invited to attend Springfield Hospital Center’s
Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
June 21st
1:00 – 3:00 pm
Lunch will be served at 12:30 pm.
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Agenda
12:30 – 1:00 pm Lunch
1:00 – 3:00 pm Session and Tour
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Speakers
Winnie Barnes, Housekeeping Dept.
An introduction to Springfield Hospital Center
Jay Feldman, Beyond Pesticides
Principles of IPM
John McTaggart, Angel Systems
Implementation of IPM
The Integrated Pest Management in Health Care Facilities Project (a partnership between Maryland Pesticide Network and Beyond Pesticides, in collaboration with MD H2E) honored Springfield Hospital Center and the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene for their outstanding achievement in creating a “green pest management” campus through the adoption of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) principles and practices that minimize the use of toxic chemicals in controlling pests.
Integrated Pest Management, Springfield Hospital Center
Food Services Building
6655 Sykesville Road, Sykesville, MD 21784
June 21st, 1:00 – 3:00 pm
Lunch will be served at 12:30 pm.
Please RSVP to trailblazer@son.umaryland.edu by June 15th
Priority is given to employees from any hospital or health system.
Directions to the hospital will be sent to all registered attendees.