医院药房中的生态可持续性:关于"变绿"的试点调查
Ariane Blanc1, Delphine Moulin1, Jameason Cameron1
1Department of Pharmacy, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario - Ottawa Children's Treatment Centre (CHEO), Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Journal of pharmacy practice
|October 24, 2024
概括
医院药房工作人员愿意采用可持续的做法,以减少医疗保健系统的碳足迹. 关键的障碍包括时间,复杂性和成本,一次性塑料和通勤被确定为主要的废物区域.
科学领域:
- 医疗保健中的环境科学
- 可持续的药房实践可持续的药房实践
- 医疗保健 减少碳足迹 减少碳足迹
背景情况:
- 加拿大医疗保健系统对国家碳排放做出了重大贡献 (2009-2015年为4.6%).
- 医院药房是实施环境可持续性倡议的关键领域.
- 需要评估当前的做法,并确定减少医院药房部门碳足迹的机会.
研究的目的:
- 确定医院药房员工对实施生态倡议的意识和意愿.
- 在医院药房中确定可采取行动的废物减少和碳足迹最小化领域.
- 评估药房工作人员当前的通勤做法,并确定绿色运输的激励措施.
主要方法:
- 一项采用跨部门调查的质量改善倡议.
- 药房员工 (药剂师和技术人员) 被调查.
- 调查评估了采用可持续实践的意愿,确定了废弃地区,并评估了通勤习惯.
主要成果:
- 73%的受访者愿意从事更可持续的工作场所实践.
- 确定的主要障碍是时间限制 (20%),复杂性 (20%) 和成本 (16%).
- 一次性塑料 (36%),缺乏意识 (15%) 和能源浪费 (12%) 是主要的废物问题. 60%的人乘坐个人车来上下班,其中补贴交通是主要的激励措施.
结论:
- 医院药房工作人员表现出愿意采用绿色做法,但面临实施挑战.
- 解决时间,复杂性和成本等障碍对于成功采用生态倡议至关重要.
- 需要进一步的研究来指导加拿大医院的低碳,可持续药房实践的战略实施,考虑到卫生系统的高气候强度.
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