Trash Talk
Fills the battery drum to suppress fires from short circuits or thermal runaway
What is sand?
International standard Deerfield is certifying to for its EMS.
What is ISO 14001?
Top-level document signed by the CEO outlining EMS commitments.
What is the EHS Policy?
Digital platform for logging spills, near misses, and hazard IDs
What is VelocityEHS?
Name one of iRhythm's core company values
What is
1. Lead with Integrity ?
2. Solve for the Patient ?
3. Think Big. Go Fast ?
4. Collaborate to Win ?
5. Strive for Better ?
Powers Zio monitors and is the primary waste collected in the waste room
What are lithium ion batteries ?
Operational control Deerfield uses to manage cardboard/paper waste from Zio shipments
What is recycling?
KPI counting events with injury, property damage, or environmental release
What are incidents?
Two iRhythm sites already international EMS certified.
What are Cypress (iOC) and London (iUK)?
iRhythm's Nasdaq stock ticker
What is IRTC
Red, labeled container for Zios returned with blood or bodily fluid
What is a biohazard bin?
GHG scope covering carbon emissions from the company van.
What is scope 1?
This KPI captures events at iRhythm where no one was hurt, but the situation could have resulted in injury, illness, or environmental harm if circumstances had been slightly different.
What are near misses?
System housing controlled environmental procedures (DOPs/QCDs)
What is MasterControl ?
iRhythm headquarters are located in this West Coast city
What is San Francisco ?
Waste classification for used Zio monitor batteries
What is universal waste?
Component recovered and reused inside the Zio monitor, extending product life.
What is the PCBA?
KPI measuring % of waste recycled, reused, or recovered vs. landfill
What is waste diversion rate?
Document scoring every aspect for significance and identifying needed controls.
What is the Impact & Aspect Register
2025 Newsweek list recognizing environmentally sustainable companies
What is America's Greenest Companies?
Battery waste is one of these — an element of iRhythm's activities that interacts with the environment
What is an environmental aspect ?
The two factors iRhythm scores to determine if an aspect is significant.
What is severity and likelihood/frequency?
EHS Policy principle requiring ongoing environmental performance enhancement
What is continual improvement?
Practical exercises testing response plans before real incidents.
What are emergency drills?
Cardiologist who founded iRhythm in 2006 and invented the Zio patch.
Who is Uday Kumar, MD?