“The aim is that stakeholders across the healthcare chain should be able to act faster, more safely and with more efficient use of resources – with a lower implementation risk and a higher degree of effectiveness in terms of their economic and ecological healthcare management,” explains Rahel Bleis from BioRegio STERN Management GmbH, which is coordinating the project. “As demonstrated by the previous project,
SustainMed, there is a great deal of measurable savings potential in relation to recycling and CO₂ – even in surgical departments. For example, carefully separating the waste generated by routine operations can make a significant difference.” Prof. Tina Histing, Medical Director of BG Hospital Tübingen, welcomes the extension of the project. “I would like to thank the entire SustainMed team for their work on the projects, which have been very successful to date, and I am looking forward to the next steps with the hospitals that are joining the project for the first time,” she says.