
林口長庚醫院完成血液透析與腹膜透析服務碳足跡盤查及外部查證,發現一次標準4小時血液透析約產生17.77公斤二氧化碳當量,全台一年碳排約22.7萬公噸。
林口長庚醫院完成全台首創血液與腹膜透析服務碳足跡盤查,發現一次標準4小時血液透析產生17.77公斤二氧化碳當量,全台一年碳排約22.7萬公噸,能源使用與病人交通為主要減碳切入點。
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台灣約有8.2萬名血液透析患者,洗腎為高資源消耗醫療服務。林口長庚透過健康台灣深耕計畫進行碳足跡盤查。
林口長庚綠色透析團隊主席、腎臟科教授張智翔(右4)在醫院全力支持下,帶領團隊完成全台首創血液透析與腹膜透析服務碳足跡盤查,展現林口長庚推動永續醫療與綠色轉型的決心。
台灣約有8.2萬名血液透析患者,洗腎不僅耗水、耗電,也會產生大量醫療廢棄物與碳排。林口長庚醫院完成血液透析服務碳足跡盤查及外部查證,發現一次標準4小時血液透析約產生17.77公斤二氧化碳當量(CO₂e),推估全台血液透析一年碳排約22.7萬公噸;進一步分析發現,「能源使用」及「病人往返醫院交通」是重要減碳切入點。
林口長庚醫院指出,血液透析是末期腎病患者維持生命不可或缺的治療,但長期、高頻率使用水、電、醫療耗材,加上廢棄物處理,也使其成為高資源消耗的醫療服務之一。此次透過「健康台灣深耕計畫」,進行血液透析及腹膜透析碳足跡盤查。
林口長庚院長陳建宗(左)接受亞瑞仕國際驗證股份有限公司董事長陳勁宇(右)頒發認證證書。
結果顯示,一次標準4小時血液透析約產生17.77公斤CO₂e,若患者每週洗腎3次、全年156次,一人一年約產生2.77公噸CO₂e,相當於汽油車行駛約1.1萬公里。
依2024台灣腎病年報,全台約有8.2萬名血液透析患者,以每次17.77公斤CO₂e估算,一年約產生22.7萬公噸CO₂e,相當於汽油車行駛約9.1億公里,或從基隆到高雄行駛完整國道1號約245萬趟。
至於自動腹膜透析,每名患者每天約產生6.37公斤CO₂e,一年約2.33公噸,較血液透析每人每年減少約447公斤、降幅約16%。腹膜透析可在醫療團隊評估、訓練及追蹤下於家中進行,也可減少患者頻繁往返醫院的交通需求。
林口長庚綠色透析團隊主席、腎臟科教授張智翔表示,外部查證讓透析碳排從抽象概念變成可管理的數字,有了共同基準,未來無論改善用電、病人交通、耗材或廢棄物,都能以一致方法追蹤成效。
團隊進一步分析發現,除了透析機及相關設備用電外,患者長期往返醫院的交通也是重要碳排來源,因此能源使用與交通成為透析減碳的兩大切入點,包括推動居家透析、就近照護、接駁共乘及遠距照護等,都有進一步減碳空間。
林口長庚強調,透析減碳並非減少必要治療,病人安全與醫療品質仍是第一優先。院方已建立年度透析碳排儀表板,並推動高碳耗材供應商管理、逆滲透(RO)用水管理、廢塑膠分類及材料減量,希望在不影響療效下,降低必要醫療服務的環境負擔。

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