Abstract
This study targets six North Asia and African hospitals that provide clinical treatment, diagnostic, and consultation services. The study revealed a lack in the selected hospitals’ infrastructure to support implementation successfully Environmental Management Systems (EMS). A factor analysis was performed based on five factors; EMS efficiency, the hospital’s culture, support from top management, legislation, and time and budget controls. Out of 23 sub-factors tested, it has been found that 7 of them can control the differentiation of the factors. The results highlight human errors in chemical and medical materials that lead to environmental pollution. It was followed by a sub-factor that indicated that controls of hospital activities and correction of its performance depend on the feedback received from the environmental information system. The study’s main conclusion is that recovering green hospital systems depends on successfully carrying out the ISO 14001: 2015 standard.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | e265411 |
| Number of pages | 28 |
| Journal | Pesquisa Operacional |
| Volume | 43 |
| Early online date | 21 Aug 2023 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2023 |
Bibliographical note
Copyright © 2023 Brazilian Operations Research Society. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License CC BY [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/], which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.Keywords
- Environmental management system
- Green hospitals
- ISO 14001: 2015 standards
- Continuous improvement
- Social responsibility
- Hazardous waste