Environmental auditing in hospitals: Approach and implementation in an university hospital

Markus Dettenkofer; Klaus Kümmerer; A. Schuster; Martin Mühlich; Martin Scherrer; F. D. Daschner

doi:10.1016/S0195-6701(97)90087-6

Environmental auditing in hospitals: Approach and implementation in an university hospital

Markus Dettenkofer
, Klaus Kümmerer
, A. Schuster
, Martin Mühlich
, Martin Scherrer
, F. D. Daschner

University Hospital Freiburg

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Abstract

Medical audit in infection control today is accepted as an important element in the quality assurance of health care. In contrast, environmental auditing, which was approved in 1993 by the Council of the European Communities for industry ('Eco-Management and Audit Scheme-EMAS), has not so far been used as a tool to control and reduce environmental pollution caused by medical care in hospitals. The aim of this study was to investigate, whether environmental auditing in hospitals is useful. This process should also be cost effective. In this paper, methodological and organizational issues are described. Initially an environmental review of activities at the University Hospital, Freiburg and an eco-analysis of the input and output were performed. The first results of the study and a critical discussion will be presented in another paper.

Original language	English
Journal	Journal of Hospital Infection
Volume	36
Issue number	1
Pages (from-to)	17-22
Number of pages	6
ISSN	0195-6701
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0195-6701(97)90087-6
Publication status	Published - 01.05.1997
Externally published	Yes

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This work was supported by a grant from the Ministry of the Environment, Baden-Wiirttemberg, Germany. The authors wish to thank Mr W. Franke, State Agency for Environmental Protection (Landesanstalt fiir Umweltschutz, Baden-Wtirttemberg), Mr W. Baur, State Ministry of the Environment, the members of the steering committee, Professor E. Schopf together with the staff of the dermatological clinic and all people who supported this work by advice and by giving information.

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production
SDG 13 Climate Action

Research areas and keywords

Chemistry
audit
EMAS
Environmental pollution
hospital ecology
infection control

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

Infectious Diseases
Microbiology (medical)

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