Cleaner production opportunities in selected Jordanian Hospitals

مقدم أطروحة جامعية

al-Umari, Faruq Ahmad

مشرف أطروحة جامعية

al-Hayik, Bassam Usamah
Mutz, Dieter

أعضاء اللجنة

al-Sharif, Munjid
Saidan, Mutasim
al-Baali, Abd al-Ghani

الجامعة

جامعة الأميرة سمية للتكنولوجيا

الكلية

كلية الملك طلال لتكنولوجيا الأعمال

القسم الأكاديمي

قسم نظم المعلومات الإدارية

دولة الجامعة

الأردن

الدرجة العلمية

ماجستير

تاريخ الدرجة العلمية

2010

الملخص الإنجليزي

This study was conducted to investigate the potentiality of applying cleaner production in three hospitals in Jordan.

Two of the hospitals were private (AL-Istishari and AL-Istiklal hospitals in Amman) and one public hospital (Princess Basma hospital in Irbid).

Cleaner Production is viewed as the continuous application of a preventative strategy to processes and products to increase efficiency, prevent the pollution of air, water and land, reduce wastes at source and minimize risks to humans and the environment.

In the present study, Australian guidelines for cleaner production in hospitals were used.

The guidelines are comprehensive and include all aspects in hospitals that need assessment.

The assessment also included applying the eco—inspector software (for Quick Scan, available at the Cleaner Production Unit of RSS through the University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland).

The following issues were examined for the application and comparison among the studied hospitals: water consumption, energy consumption and waste generation.

The eco-inspector software was applied after the first visit to investigate the areas in need for cleaner production application.

The implementation of cleaner production in hospital rooms showed, for example, the need for installing water meters in each department to investigate the consumption of each department.

The implementation of cleaner production options for purchasing and patient care showed that all studied hospitals need to follow the same recommendations such as purchasing rechargeable and long life batteries.

Implementation of cleaner production options in kitchen showed that most items are required to be intervened in all studied hospitals like segregation of the organic and solid waste inside the kitchen.

Other options, as making sure that dish washing machines and sinks are only used with full capacity, are applied in AL-Istishari and AL-Istiklal hospitals while it is not yet applied in Princess Basma hospital. The results of the present study.

showed that the average consumption of electricity at AL-Istishari hospital is 6562.99 kwh/bed/month, at AL-Istiklal hospital is 3212.04 kwh/bed/month and at Princess Basma hospital is 644.90 kwh/bed/month.

Both private hospitals consume more electricity than the public hospital under study.

The average electricity consumption for private Jordanian hospitals is 5424.37 kwh / bed / month which is greater than the average consumption of public hospitals (763.16 Icwh / bed / month.

The results of the present study also showed that the highest average consumption of diesel was in Princess Basma hospital (633 1 / bed / month) followed by AL-Istishari hospital (469 1 / bed / month) and AL-Istiklal hospital (206.04 1 / bed / month).

The average diesel consumption at private Jordanian hospitals is (245 1 / bed / month).

The results showed that Princess Basma hospital and AL-Istiklal hospital had similar consumption of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) (0.42 kg / bed / day), while AL-Istishari, hospital had much lower consumption (0.01 kg / bed / day).

The consumption of all study hospitals from LPG is still lower than the average consumption of private Jordanian hospitals (0.78 kg / bed day).

The results also showed that the highest consumption of water was recorded for AL-.

Istishari hospital (50 m3 / bed / month) followed by AL-Istiklal hospital (40 m3 / bed / month) and Princess Basma hospital (29 m3 / bed / month).

The average consumption for Jordanian private hospitals is 38 m3 / bed / month.

It is seen that the.

medical waste 'generated by AL-Istiklal.

hospital-is 0.41 kg / bed/day.

There was a sharp increase in AL-Istishari hospital (2.07 kg / bed / day).

In Princess Basma hospital, the generated medical waste was 0.59 kg / bed/day.

Finally, because of the different attitudes in hospitals management and the level of hospitality services between public and private hospitals, it is very difficult to compare between them in regard water and energy consumptions.

However a proper comparison.

التخصصات الرئيسية

علوم الأرض و المياه و البيئة

الموضوعات

• المستشفيات
• الأردن
• الجوانب البيئية

عدد الصفحات

99

قائمة المحتويات

• APA
• MLA
• AMA

لغة النص

الإنجليزية

نوع البيانات

رسائل جامعية

رقم السجل

BIM-307083