Health Emergency Management in Public Administration: A Reproducible Model to Ensure Environmental Sustainability and Quality of the Spaces for Workers

ABSTRACT

Introduction: During the Covid19 pandemic, standard criteria were defined for the construction of new spaces to be used as vaccination centers, in relation to the goals of the UN 2030 agenda on environmental sustainability and quality of the spaces, for health and for the responsible consumption of resources during the emergency. The aim of this case study is to achieve a reproducible model based on the criteria of economic sustainability of the public administration, potentially expandable in other sectors as cooperation and development. Materials and Methods: A Rapid Response Team, trained with the WHO guidelines, was established for the definition of the essential requirements of the new vaccination centers, following a specific checklist set up from a SWOT Analysis. The project was calibrated in all phases of the vaccination cycle process, through functional and metric relationships. The new centers have also been designed to ensure the social inclusion and privacy of users. Result: The centers were set up in about 20 days. The checklist and data collection have allowed to optimize the process and the efficiency of the linear conformation, guaranteeing an increase of 15% of space for each phase of the vaccination cycle according to the length of stay of workers. All phases were fully digitized with a 100% accuracy of data management. In 9 months, the savings of paper filing, compared to CO2 emissions, were 40.19Kt. Conclusions: Our model can be easily reproduced in other contexts, ensuring efficiency, exploiting new digital technologies and the quality of education.