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Fuller, Thomas P.

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Technological change and environmental health and safety in hospitals.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Technological change and environmental health and safety in hospitals./
Author:	Fuller, Thomas P.
Description:	156 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 64-06, Section: B, page: 2603.
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3092643

Technological change and environmental health and safety in hospitals.
Fuller, Thomas P.

Technological change and environmental health and safety in hospitals. - 156 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 64-06, Section: B, page: 2603.

Thesis (D.Sc.)--University of Massachusetts Lowell, 2003.

The more than 10,000 hospitals in the United States have significant environmental and occupational safety and health impacts. Hospitals consume major resources including water, energy, and a variety of materials such as chemicals, plastics, and paper. Each year hospitals use or generate thousands of tons of toxic and hazardous materials that are handled and disposed by hospital workers. Hospitals in the U.S. employ approximately four million workers, many of whom are routinely exposed to occupational safety and health hazards. Although technological change is an integral part of hospital operations, it is usually made to improve the quality of patient care or financial viability. Improvements on environmental health and safety (EHS) are seldom the primary reason for technological change in hospitals unless regulatory enforcement is involved; and regulatory enforcement in hospitals tends to be less stringent than in other industries. The impacts of technological change on EHS, and the change processes themselves, are not usually well quantified or documented when they are implemented. EHS parameters are not typically measured in a consistent manner within hospitals or across the healthcare industry. The lack of EHS performance measures and benchmarking tools has been a barrier to the development of environmental management systems (EMSs) in healthcare

Technological change and environmental health and safety in hospitals.
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520 $a The more than 10,000 hospitals in the United States have significant environmental and occupational safety and health impacts. Hospitals consume major resources including water, energy, and a variety of materials such as chemicals, plastics, and paper. Each year hospitals use or generate thousands of tons of toxic and hazardous materials that are handled and disposed by hospital workers. Hospitals in the U.S. employ approximately four million workers, many of whom are routinely exposed to occupational safety and health hazards. Although technological change is an integral part of hospital operations, it is usually made to improve the quality of patient care or financial viability. Improvements on environmental health and safety (EHS) are seldom the primary reason for technological change in hospitals unless regulatory enforcement is involved; and regulatory enforcement in hospitals tends to be less stringent than in other industries. The impacts of technological change on EHS, and the change processes themselves, are not usually well quantified or documented when they are implemented. EHS parameters are not typically measured in a consistent manner within hospitals or across the healthcare industry. The lack of EHS performance measures and benchmarking tools has been a barrier to the development of environmental management systems (EMSs) in healthcare
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