生命周期评估增强卫生系统的环境管理倡议
Nicole H Kreimer1, Colleen Paramesh, Michelle S Cochran
1Author Affiliations: Associate Professor, Research College of Nursing, Kansas City, MO (Dr Kreimer); Clinical Associate Professor (Dr Paramesh), and Clinical Assistant Professor (Dr Cochran), University of Kansas School of Nursing, Kansas City, KS; Chief Environmental Stewardship Officer, Providence Health and Services (Dr Schenk); Assistant Research Professor, Washington State University College of Nursing (Dr Schenk).
医疗保健严重污染了环境,造成了治愈和伤害的悖论. 生命周期评估 (LCA) 可以帮助医疗保健部门做出明智的产品决策,以减少对环境的影响.
科学领域:
- 环境科学 环境科学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 医疗保健管理的管理
背景情况:
- 医疗保健是全球主要的污染源,导致环境退化.
- 尽管改善了健康指标,但医疗保健的资源消耗增加了对环境的破坏.
- 不受控制的资源使用威胁到人类健康,生物多样性和资源的可用性.
研究的目的:
- 解释生命周期评估 (LCA) 方法.
- 证明LCA在医疗保健产品决策中的实用性.
- 为在医疗保健中实施LCA提供建议.
主要方法:
- 关于生命周期评估 (LCA) 的文献综述.
- 分析与医疗保健相关的环境影响.
- 对LCA在医疗保健中的应用进行综合建议.
主要成果:
- 生命周期评估 (LCA) 提供了一个评估环境影响的框架.
- LCA可以为产品选择提供信息,以最大限度地减少医疗保健中的生态足迹.
- 实施LCA可以指导医疗保健部门的可持续实践.
结论:
- 医疗保健对环境的影响很大,需要采取缓解策略.
- 生命周期评估 (LCA) 是可持续医疗保健采购的一个有价值的工具.
- 采用LCA可以减少对环境的破坏,并改善长期健康结果.
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