Programme of the First International Conference Green health care 2 - 4 July, Maracaibo, Venezuela.

- Margarita Amador, Coordinator Programa Hospitales Verdes Latin America, Stichting Huize Aarde (SHA).
- Mery Guerra, Director Hospital Central Dr. Urquinaona (HCU)
- Felix Gruber, Director Sistema Regional de Salud (State Health Care, Zulia Region).
- Javier Parra Rugeles, Director Instituto Municipal de Aseo Urbano (IMAU, municipal Sanitary Department), also representative of Gian Carlo Di Martino, Mayor of Maracaibo.

1. Risks for environment and health caused by the health sector at a global scale, Alfons Uijtewaal, International Programme coordinator, SHA.

2. Genetic effects of hazardous chemicals applied by the health care sector, Heber Villalobos, Professor of the University of Zulia and Manager of Ecologia Humana (the Human Ecology Department) of the Instituto para la Conservación del Lago de Maracaibo (ICLAM, Institution for the conservation of Lake Maracaibo).

3. The actual management of hazardous chemicals and waste in Hospital Central, Mery Guerra, Director HCU.

4. Conclusions and recommendations of a survey of hazardous chemicals and waste management in four hospitals in Maracaibo, Sheila Vanegas de Montero, ICLAM Director.

5. Standards and reality of the management of hazardous chemicals and waste by the health care sector in Zulia State, Aura Marina Ortega, Director of Salud Ambiental y Contraloria Sanitaria Regio XV Zulia (Environmental and Sanitary Inspection, Zulia Region).

Presentations day 2 (3 July, 2001)

Subject of the day: looking for solutions, experiencies and visions - day one.

7. Environmental management of hospital waste at national level, Lorena Brey, Director Manejo de Desechos Hospitalarios (Management of Hospital Waste), Ministerio del Medio Ambiente y de los Recursos Naturales (MARN, Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources), Venezuela.

8. Environmental management in hospitals in Colombia, Sergio Salas Pajon, Asesor Ministerio del Medio Ambiente (Advisor of the Ministry of Environment), Colombia.

9. Environmental management in hospital Pablo Tobón Uribe (ISO 9001). Luis Guillermo Saldarriaga, Jefe División Administrativa (Head Administration), Hospital Pablo Tobon Uribe, Medillin, Colombia.

10. Standardisation of environmental management following ISO 14001, Ismael Camacho, Auditor Environmental Management Systems, DNV Certificacion, Atlanta, USA.

11. Towards a sustainable management of hospital waste, Alfons Uijtewaal, SHA.

12. Evaluation of the first phase of Information and Awareness Raising of the project Hospitales Verdes (Green health Care project), Margarita Amador, SHA; Nancy Medina, Jefe de Saneamiento (Head Sanitation Department); Marcos Marcias, Jefe de Mantenimiento (Head Technical Department); Emiliana Marin, Enfermera Adjunta Asistencial (Assistent Head Nursing Department), HCU.

Round Table: conclusions and recommendations.

Presentations day 3 (4 July, 2001)

Subject of the day: looking for solutions, experiences and visions - day two.

13. Towards collaboration between Venezuela and the Netherlands. George Vinck, Cónsul de Holanda (Consul for the Netherlands), Maracaibo, Venezuela.

14. Environmental management in a Dutch Hospital following ISO 9001, Gijsbert Koren, Environmental Officer hospital Medisch Spectrum Twente, Enschede, Netherlands.

15. Environmental management in a Dutch Hospital (ISO 9001 en ISO 14001). Hanco de Labije, Environmental Officer Academic Medical Centre Utrecht, Netherlands.

16. Environmental management by a supplier, Antonio Amado, Gerente de Salud, Seguridad y Ambiente (Head Health, Security and Environment Department), Baxter, Spain.

17. Declaration of the International Board of Nurses about the management of hospital waste, Mireya Chirinos, Enfermera Jefe (Head Nursing Department) HCU, Representante de la Federación de Colegios de Enfermeras y Enfermeros de Venezuela (Representative of the National federation for Training of Nurses), miembro del Consejo Internacional de Enfermería (member of the international Board of Nurses).

Plenary meeting: conclusions, recommendations and action planning.

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