Journal of Food, Agriculture and Environment

Advantages of integrated management system in educational centers

Author(s):

Jafar Nouri, Majid Abbaspour, Mina Torabi Fard *, Iraj Mohammad Fam

Recieved Date: 2010-06-17, Accepted Date: 2010-10-20

Abstract:

Implementation of integrated management system in universities and higher education campuses provides an active, safe and healthy environment toward sustainable development and it also causes increase in their quality levels. Implementation of IMS not only causes continual improvement, but it also familiarizes the public with new management systems, which would be a good pattern for using efficient management and policies. Thus, this study was performed to investigate and plan integrated management system and control and reduce health and safety hazards and environmental impacts and to increase quality level according to ISO 14000, ISO 9000 standards and occupational health and safety assessment series in the Science and Research Campus of Islamic Azad University, as the largest university site in the Middle East. In this case, the campus processes were identified and environmental aspects and health and safety hazards were assessed by FMEA method. As a result, 3 process groups including management, main and support in 2 levels (zero and one) have been identified and also earthquake, flood, lack of sewage treatment system and unsuitable sewage disposal, explosion of boilers during installation, road accidents in bad climate and some construction activities have been identified as unacceptable risks. With regard to the previous studies, the objectives, targets, programs, indices, procedures and work instruction of integrated management systems were documented. Obviously, the main result of research will be reduction of health and safety hazards, environmental impacts and increased protection of properties, increase quality level and finally implementation of integrated management system in the campus of the Islamic Azad University.

Keywords:

ISO 9000, ISO 14000, OHSAS 18000, universities and higher education campus, failure mode and effect analysis, risk priority number, health and safety hazards, occupational health and safety, environmental impacts, Iran

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Journal: Journal of Food, Agriculture and Environment
Year: 2010
Volume: 8
Issue: 3&4
Category: Environment
Pages: 1259-1264

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