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Waste Management and the Perspective of a Green Hospital—A Systematic Narrative Review

The concept of a “green hospital” is used in reference to a hospital that includes the environment as part of its quality services and one that pays attention to the sustainable design of buildings. Waste disposal represents a potential risk for the environment; therefore, waste collection from heal...

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Autores principales: Lattanzio, Sabrina, Stefanizzi, Pasquale, D’ambrosio, Marilena, Cuscianna, Eustachio, Riformato, Giacomo, Migliore, Giovanni, Tafuri, Silvio, Bianchi, Francesco Paolo
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9738387/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36497884
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192315812
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author Lattanzio, Sabrina
Stefanizzi, Pasquale
D’ambrosio, Marilena
Cuscianna, Eustachio
Riformato, Giacomo
Migliore, Giovanni
Tafuri, Silvio
Bianchi, Francesco Paolo
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Stefanizzi, Pasquale
D’ambrosio, Marilena
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description The concept of a “green hospital” is used in reference to a hospital that includes the environment as part of its quality services and one that pays attention to the sustainable design of buildings. Waste disposal represents a potential risk for the environment; therefore, waste collection from healthcare centers is a key environmental issue. Our study aims to systematically review the experiences acquired in worldwide nosocomial settings related to the management of healthcare waste. Nineteen studies, selected between January 2020 and April 2022 on Scopus, MEDLINE/PubMed and Web of Science databases were included in our systematic narrative review. Operating room and hemodialysis activities seem to be the procedures most associated with waste production. To deal with waste production, the 5Rs rule (reduce, reuse, recycle, rethink and research) was a common suggested strategy to derive the maximum practical benefit while generating the minimum amount of waste. In this context, the COVID-19 pandemic slowed down the greening process of nosocomial environments. Waste management requires a multifactorial approach to deal with medical waste management, even considering the climate change that the world is experiencing. Education of health personnel and managers, regulation by governmental institutions, creation of an “environmental greening team”, and awareness of stakeholders and policymakers are some of the measures needed for the greening of healthcare facilities.
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spelling pubmed-97383872022-12-11 Waste Management and the Perspective of a Green Hospital—A Systematic Narrative Review Lattanzio, Sabrina Stefanizzi, Pasquale D’ambrosio, Marilena Cuscianna, Eustachio Riformato, Giacomo Migliore, Giovanni Tafuri, Silvio Bianchi, Francesco Paolo Int J Environ Res Public Health Review The concept of a “green hospital” is used in reference to a hospital that includes the environment as part of its quality services and one that pays attention to the sustainable design of buildings. Waste disposal represents a potential risk for the environment; therefore, waste collection from healthcare centers is a key environmental issue. Our study aims to systematically review the experiences acquired in worldwide nosocomial settings related to the management of healthcare waste. Nineteen studies, selected between January 2020 and April 2022 on Scopus, MEDLINE/PubMed and Web of Science databases were included in our systematic narrative review. Operating room and hemodialysis activities seem to be the procedures most associated with waste production. To deal with waste production, the 5Rs rule (reduce, reuse, recycle, rethink and research) was a common suggested strategy to derive the maximum practical benefit while generating the minimum amount of waste. In this context, the COVID-19 pandemic slowed down the greening process of nosocomial environments. Waste management requires a multifactorial approach to deal with medical waste management, even considering the climate change that the world is experiencing. Education of health personnel and managers, regulation by governmental institutions, creation of an “environmental greening team”, and awareness of stakeholders and policymakers are some of the measures needed for the greening of healthcare facilities. MDPI 2022-11-28 /pmc/articles/PMC9738387/ /pubmed/36497884 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192315812 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Riformato, Giacomo
Migliore, Giovanni
Tafuri, Silvio
Bianchi, Francesco Paolo
Waste Management and the Perspective of a Green Hospital—A Systematic Narrative Review
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