Articles of daily use and consumables in a hospital
Eco-efficiency analysis in the REGIOMED Clinic Lichtenfels
The new build REGIOMED Clinic in Lichtenfels is the first Bavarian hospital to be designed to the passive building standard. Efficient building services, modern lighting and other factors are intended to help to further improve the environmental balance of the building. Numerous measures create a pleasant and health-promoting atmosphere for patients and staff.
With the help of bifa, the clinic is now going to examine its articles of daily use and consumables. One hundred articles used in care, medicine and housekeeping are to be analysed.
In the hospital, the processes from incoming goods to the handover of waste for disposal will be considered in the ecological and business management analysis. To determine the environmental effects, the production of the materials used in the articles, the extraction of the required raw materials and the disposal of the articles are also considered. For the first time, the environmental effects and costs of handling all articles of daily use and consumables are to be derived from this for a hospital. Together with the clinic staff, approaches will then be developed for ecological and business management optimisation and will be prepared for decision-making by the hospital.
This is based on bifa’s eco-balancing experience and development of the XHOSPIpro advice sponsored by the Bavarian State Ministry of the Environment and Health (Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Umwelt und Gesundheit).
The results, especially the estimate of the environmental effects and tested investigation method will then also be available for other hospitals.