BOHEALTH will help on Improving the Environmental Performance of Healthcare Centres

BOHEALTH PROJECT IS COMING TO AN END

BOHEALTH LIFE+ project started in July 2013 and is now nearing completion. It has been a long journey with many achievements reached. The project consortium, composed of “Fundació Hospital de Sant Pau i Santa Tecla (FHSPST)”, “Xarxa Sanitaria i Social Santa Tecla AIE”, SIMPPLE, and LEITAT, joined efforts to achieve the planned objectives. Additionally, the project has relied on the collaboration of a group of experts: Mrs. Maria Passalacqua (Club EMAS Catalonia), Mr. Francesc Castell (Rovira i Virgili University), Mr. Josep Mª Massip (Planning and Sustainability Department of the Government of Catalonia), and Mr. Xavier Singla (Xarxa Sanitària Sta. Tecla).

Although the project is nearing completion, the project results will be available on the website www.bohealth.eu, and the BOHEALTH tool will be accessible to healthcare centres interested in improving their environmental performance. The tool can be found here: http://bohealth.simpple.com/. Furthermore, the consortium will support organizations wishing to implement the proposed methodology.

IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROJECT IN TWO CASE STUDIES

The project has implemented a methodology and a web tool to facilitate the decision-making process. To validate the methodology and the tool, they have been applied to two case studies: “Centres de Llevant” and “Hospital del Vendrell,” both located in Tarragona. The implementation process included the following steps:

  • Collection of information about resource consumption (water and energy) and waste production
  • Characterization of the centre and the different services involved
  • Inventory of the main equipment: general equipment, medical equipment, and other equipment from support areas (kitchen, laundry, etc.)
  • Introduction of data into the web tool and environmental assessment of the centre to identify significant environmental aspects
  • Definition of the sustainable action plan and implementation of actions to improve environmental performance

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