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Greening Healthcare

Greening Healthcare. Jean Zigby, MDCM, CCFP, FCFP Président, Synergie Santé Environnement Sept 26th, 2009. What is Greening?. Changing the sustainability of an institution by improving its environmental, social and economic impacts. Does Health Care Pollute?.

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Greening Healthcare

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  1. Greening Healthcare Jean Zigby, MDCM, CCFP, FCFP Président, Synergie Santé Environnement Sept 26th, 2009

  2. What is Greening? Changing the sustainability of an institution by improving its environmental, social and economic impacts

  3. Does Health Care Pollute? “…it is probably reasonable to suggest that the health care system, both directly through its activities and indirectly through the use of products and services, contributes about 10% of the ill health and premature mortality that results from the adverse environmental impact arising from the activities of the Canadian economy.” • Hancock, T., Doing Less Harm, Canadian Coalition for Green Health Care, 2001

  4. Care and treatment of the average hospital patient can produce 5.5 kilograms of waste each day. • 400 tonnes of waste each year from a medium-sized hospital with 200 beds. • Approximately 15 per cent of the waste is biomedical, chemical and liquid, laboratory, pharmaceutical, or hazardous. • Health-care facilities use large amounts of energy, water and natural resources. • Studies have shown that 80 per cent of waste is produced from 20 per cent of the purchased products.

  5. Primun non nocere First, do no harm Hippocratic Oath

  6. ‘Health vs.Sick Care’ to ‘Health vs SickCare’ Phase out fossil fuels Remove toxic /bioaccumulative materials from supply/construction chain Zero waste Guarantee equitable access to prevention and care Influence ALL partners towards stewardship of the biosystem Where do we need to go? Regenerative Hospital

  7. Policy Statement

  8. Energy Efficiency

  9. Alternative Energy Muskogee Community Hospital • closed loop ground source geothermal system that covers the facility’s entire heating and cooling needs. • First LEED Gold certified hospital in NA

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