Module GLP-40 · Version 1.0
Conducting a Laboratory Sustainability Audit
Conduct a bounded laboratory sustainability audit that identifies feasible reductions in energy, water, materials, and waste without compromising biosafety, analytical quality, or patient care.
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Who this module is for
Medical laboratory professionals who participate in bench operations, quality, purchasing, facilities, or waste-management decisions.
Learning objectives
- Build a baseline inventory of laboratory energy, water, purchasing, and waste opportunities with relevant quality and safety constraints.
- Prioritize a feasible sustainability measure using impact, feasibility, risk, evidence, and a balancing measure.
- Design a 90-day operational test with an owner, target, guardrail, follow-up check, and rollback trigger.
How completion works
Mark every required section done and answer every knowledge check in those sections correctly. The final save completes the module automatically.
Sources
16 sources
1. 42 CFR § 493.1252, Standard: Environment/temperature (analytic systems), Code of Federal Regulations, Part 493 (CLIA).
Source note · federal regulation
2. CMS, State Operations Manual Appendix C, Survey Procedures and Interpretive Guidelines for Laboratories and Laboratory Services, QSO-25-10, revised 2025-06-23.
Source note · federal regulation
3. 42 CFR § 493.1105, Standard: Retention requirements, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 493 (CLIA).
Source note · federal regulation
4. 42 CFR § 493.1256, Standard: Control procedures, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 493 (CLIA).
Source note · federal regulation
5. My Green Lab, My Green Lab Certification, Certification 2.0 program description and category structure.
Source note · consensus standard
6. My Green Lab, Freezer Challenge program and How to Green Lab cold-storage guidance.
Source note · professional society guidance
7. US Department of Energy Federal Energy Management Program, Purchasing Energy-Efficient Laboratory-Grade Refrigerators and Freezers.
Source note · federal guidance
8. US Department of Energy Federal Energy Management Program, Fume Hood Sash Stickers Increase Laboratory Safety and Efficiency at Minimal Cost.
Source note · federal guidance
9. US EPA, Laboratories Model Contract Language and December 2024 sustainable-products recommendations update.
Source note · federal guidance
10. My Green Lab, ACT Ecolabel program and standard for laboratory products.
Source note · consensus standard
11. US Department of Labor OSHA, Enforcement Procedures for the Occupational Exposure to Bloodborne Pathogens Standard, CPL 02-02-069.
Source note · federal regulation
12. Expanding Waste Segregation Initiatives to Reduce Regulated Medical Waste, a multi-departmental quality-improvement project, PubMed 2026.
Source note · peer-reviewed literature
13. American Chemical Society Green Chemistry Institute, chemical-substitution and RAMP guidance.
Source note · professional society guidance
14. CLSI GP40-Ed5, Preparation and Testing of Reagent Water in the Medical Laboratory, 5th edition, December 2024.
Source note · consensus standard
15. CDC, Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories, 6th edition.
Source note · federal guidance
16. College of American Pathologists, 2025 Accreditation Checklist Summary.
Source note · accreditation standard