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| Year : 2016 | Volume
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| Issue : 2 | Page : 135-137 |
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Water usage in a multi-speciality hospital and its effective management
Samuel Collett1, Ilia Samarin2, Ramkrishna Bhalchandra3, Jeeva Ratnam Soundaranayagam4, Subrata Garai4, Mammen Chandy5, Sanjay Bhattacharya3
1 Department of Economics, Newcastle University Business School, UK
2 Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
3 Department of Microbiology, Tata Medical Center, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
4 Department of Maintenance Engineering, Tata Medical Center, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
5 Department of Medical Administration, Tata Medical Center, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Sanjay Bhattacharya
Department of Microbiology, Tata Medical Center, Kolkata, West Bengal
India
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None  | Check |
DOI: 10.4103/0972-1282.194956
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Context: Water is an important resource for hospitals. There are few studies about the quality, quantity and cost of water that is required for health care. Aims: To study the quality, quantity, cost and applications of water in a hospital. Settings and Design: Observational study. The study was done in a cancer hospital in eastern India. Methods and Material: Water generation and consumption patterns and costing were assessed after: Discussion with the engineers; analysis of documented records; observation of patient/visitor/staff behaviours; measurement of flow rates and metered readings; Individual water consumption surveys. Statistical Analysis Used: None. Results: The total filtered reverse osmosis (RO) water used by the hospital per day was 200,000 L. This equated to 1093 L/patient/day. The volume of filtered reversed osmosis water consumed showed that the total water usage for drinking was 1%, water usage for hand-washing was 18%, water usage for showering was 6%, kitchen water consumption was 2%, housekeeping activities usage was 4%, central sterile supply department usage was 4%, heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems usage was 36%, hot water consumption was 5% and toilet flush usage was 24%. Cost was Rs. 1119/- for 10,000 liters of RO water and about Rs. 31/- for 10,000 liters of raw water. Conclusions: The economics of hospital water both in terms of consumption and cost is a valuable source of information for hospital planners, administrators and hospital engineers.
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