title: Results of a healthcare worker (HCW) survey on environmental awareness as an instrument for the preparation of an environmental report for the University Medicine Greifswald.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Environmental reporting is increasingly important for medical facilities. Currently, hospitals can determine the content of an environmental report as they see fit.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To examine the utility and scope of an employee survey as an instrument for the preparation of an environmental report at the University Hospital Greifswald.
  
  
  METHODS
  For this purpose a questionnaire was developed with a focus on environmental behaviour and the significance attached to the protection of the environment.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The employees of the University Medicine Greifswald attach an unexpectedly high significance to the protection of the environment. Based on this finding, this potential should be used to promote the optimal implementation of ecological-economic behaviour within the University Medicine.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  An employee survey is a useful instrument in the preparation of an environmental report.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Hygiene and Environmental Medicine, University Medicine, Greifswald, Germany.
authors.forename: Jens-Uwe
authors.initials: JU
authors.lastname: Heiden
authors.forename: Axel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kramer
authors.forename: Manfred
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bornewasser
authors.forename: Sandra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lemanski
authors.forename: Harald
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Below