Green Hospital Management

Authors : Fulya Oduncu

Pages : 149-160

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Publication Date : 2023-12-31

Article Type : Review Paper

Abstract :Hospital management has recently turned hospitals towards green hospital management with the increasing green perspective on management. Thus, a new type of hospital management has emerged: Green Hospital Management. Green hospital management protects natural resources, is sensitive to the environment, takes precautions against environmental pollution, has a sustainability perspective, attaches importance to recycling, disposes of waste appropriately, uses water consciously, allows energy to be obtained through natural means, and ensures that hospital buildings have green building characteristics. It is a management style in which the gardens are built according to the required equipment and hygienic air conditioning to ensure clean air, plants that require little water are grown in the gardens, the use of hazardous substances is minimized, and safer ones are preferred instead. In this study, in order to understand green hospital management in detail, the concept of green building is defined, not only the concept of green building is defined, but also the certificates related to health institutions that must be obtained regarding green building are mentioned and the advantages of green buildings are mentioned. Then, the concept of green hospital was explained, the characteristics that green hospitals should have were mentioned, and the goals of global and healthy green hospitals were explained in detail. Finally, it is stated which issues green hospital management should give importance to. Green hospital management is the management in which the hospital\'s policies and procedures in line with green management are applied on important issues such as hazardous substances management, waste management, sustainable water management, air emission regulation system and innovative environmental designs.
Keywords : Green Hospital Management, Green Hospital, Green Hospital Goals, Green Buildings

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