减少卫生系统固体废物温室气体排放的干预措施:系统性审查
Alice McGushin1, Enembe Okokon2, Rebecca E Haddock3
1National Health, Sustainability and Climate Unit, Australian Centre for Disease Control, Canberra, ACT, Australia; Institute for Global Health, University College London, London, UK; HEAL Global Research Centre, Health Research Institute, University of Canberra, Canberra, ACT, Australia.
减少医疗保健固体废物对于可持续性至关重要. 重复使用和回收等干预措施显著减少温室气体排放,并经常节省成本.
科学领域:
- 环境科学 环境科学
- 医疗保健管理的管理
- 废物管理 废物管理
背景情况:
- 卫生系统的固体废物在整个产品生命周期中对温室气体排放作出了重大贡献.
- 脱碳和可持续性倡议对于解决这种环境影响至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 审查可持续性原则和干预措施,以减少医疗保健和老年护理部门固体废物的温室气体排放足迹.
- 分析基于废物层次的干预措施,以有效利用资源.
主要方法:
- 系统审查107篇主要研究文章和来自澳大利亚和其他高收入国家的系统审查.
- 对废物管理干预措施的分析,重点关注减少,再利用,再加工和翻新原则.
主要成果:
- 确定的干预措施包括过渡到电子健康记录,删除很少使用的一次性物品,并重复使用各种医疗用品.
- 还注意到了回收流,例如外科蓝色包装回收,以及对废物分离的员工培训.
- 在57项研究中,54项报告了与废物和减排干预措施相关的成本节约.
结论:
- 优先考虑废物等级的较高层次的干预措施 (减少,再利用,再加工,翻新) 有效地最大限度地减少了环境足迹.
- 医疗保健和老年护理部门的废物减少策略提供了显著的环境效益和经济节约.
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