LHSC Top Ten Heavy Hitters

As an individual employee or department, you may not use a lot of paper … but have you ever thought about what LHSC consumes as an organization? The numbers might surprise you. Every month, LHSC uses:

  • Gloves: 1,763,641
  • Pieces of facial tissue paper: 1,218,080
  • Pieces of bulk and sterile gauze: 634,987
  • Needles and syringes: 582,238
  • Prep swabs: 543,883
  • Pieces of printer paper: 423,833
  • Plastic medicine cups: 353,683
  • Paper towels: 294,452
  • Foam, paper and plastic cups: 275,892
  • Blood tubes: 181,140