量化和描述两个城市医疗保健中心的生产废弃物,不同的食品服务模式
Nathan Cook1, Joanna Habel1, Sally McCray1,2
1Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine, Bond University, Robina, Queensland, Australia.
概括
医疗保健食品服务模式对浪费有重大影响. 与传统的冷系统相比,新鲜的,按需的客房服务模式产生了较少的食品和包装废物,突出了医院废物管理中节省成本的机会.
科学领域:
- 医疗保健管理的管理
- 食品服务业务的运作
- 减少废物的战略 减少废物的战略
背景情况:
- 医疗保健设施产生大量的生产和包装废物.
- 不同的食品服务模式可能会影响废物产生率和类型.
- 量化和比较废物对于优化医院运营和可持续性至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 量化和比较食品生产废弃物和食品包装废弃物.
- 分析来自两个医疗保健中心的废物数据,这些医疗保健中心有着不同的食品服务模式.
- 确定最有效的食品服务模式,以尽量减少医院的浪费.
主要方法:
- 一项观察性研究测量了食品和包装废物的重量和成本,持续了七天.
- 两家拥有不同餐饮服务模式的医院进行了比较:A医院 (按需做饭的客房服务) 和B医院 (厨房-冷却).
- 废物被正常化为每名患者的一晚床上一天,以解释医院的活动.
主要成果:
- 与B医院相比,A医院的食物浪费 (0.15公斤/病床/天) 和包装浪费 (0.03公斤/病床/天) 显著减少 (0.30公斤/病床/天和0.14公斤/病床/天).
- 两家医院的大多数食物浪费是可食用的 (A的78.6%,B的93.5%).
- 植物性食品占可食用食品浪费的最大比例,按重量计算.
结论:
- 食品浪费在医疗保健机构中占有相当大的成本.
- 食品服务模型在确定食品和包装废物的数量方面发挥着至关重要的作用.
- 与传统模式相比,即食新鲜,按需客房服务模式在减少食品和包装浪费方面更有效.
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