The certification is expected to establish unifor mity in the safety standard in OTs
Max Super Speciality Hospital, Saket was accredited with ‘cGreen OT Certificate’ by Bureau Veritas to ensure patient safety in operation theatres. The certification is expected to establish uniformity in the safety standard in operation theatres and will minimise the risk of infection in OTs. Max Super Speciality Hospital, Saket is the first hospital in the world to receive this certification. The Green OT certification project is a first in the world certification and also the first ‘Made in India’ certification protocol developed by Bureau Veritas in conjunction with multi hospital stakeholders like clinicians, bio-medical, hospital QA, Green House Gas surveyors, administrators etc.
Talking about the need for this certification in India, Rajit Mehta, Deputy MD, Max Healthcare said, “cGreen OT certification shall help patients identify the hospitals which have achieved a safe and infection free environment inside the OT area. Educated and informed patients can choose the cGreen OT certified hospitals for their surgeries in order to be sure of the supreme level of quality. This is a great initiative by Bureau Veritas as it is very crucial for hospitals in India to measure the quality of their operation theatres based on a defined parameter.”
Green from an OT perspective covers all parameters like air flows, OT set up, anaesthesia machines, types of volatile agents used, filling systems adopted and scavenging systems in place. Green connotes cleaner techniques using modern technology and processes with a sensitive approach to environment.
Dr Kamal Fotedar, Director- Anaesthesia, Max Super Speciality Hospital Saket, spoke about the process of making the hospital green from operation theatre (OT’s) perspective.
He said, “21 operation theatres at Max Hospital, Saket have been structured to minimise any form of pollution or Bio Medical waste being disposed of by the hospital. Volatile and other inhalational anaesthetic agents are used to anaesthetise patients and these are vented out of the building as waste gases. These anaesthetic gases contribute to global warming and ozone depletion. It is therefore, necessary to put in place and practice a system of low flow anaesthesia which needs continuous, intense monitoring with sophisticated machines and scavenging system. This precisely and significantly reduces the green house gases emission from theatre. The cGreen OT certification assures our patient about safe anaesthesia administration methods adopted in our OTs. Some other key measures include controlling of temperature by measuring heat, coolness and humidity in operation theatre thereby addressing the issue of perspiration, which is one of the causes of infection in OT’s.”
Bureau Veritas conducted assessments/ audits of the hospital that focused on prevention of surgical site infections, safe anaesthesia, safe surgical teams and equipment and a measurement and quality assurance mechanism.
EH News Bureau