Developed by Health Care Without Harm (HCWH) Europe and leading European healthcare procurement organisations, this common phase-out list of chemicals of concern enables procurement organisations across Europe to select safer alternative products for the healthcare sector.

The European healthcare’s phase-out list for chemicals of concern specifies chemicals that should be avoided in products and is endorsed by European healthcare organisations.

An annotated version of the list is also available in multiple languages. These annotated versions provide further information on the chosen substances and the rationale behind restricting them in healthcare procurement.

• [EN] European healthcare’s phase-out list for chemicals of concern | Annotated
• [DE] Ausschlussliste für besorgniserregende Chemikalien des Europäischen Gesundheitswesens
• [ES] Lista de sustancias químicas preocupantes a eliminar en el sector sanitario europeo
• [FR] Liste d’élimination progressive des produits chimiques préoccupants pour le secteur des soins de santé européen
• [IT] Elenco per l’eliminazione graduale delle sostanze chimiche che destano preoccupazione dall’assistenza sanitaria europea
• [NO] Europeisk utfasingsliste for helse- og miljøskadelige kjemikalier i helsevesenet
• [PT] Lista de substâncias que suscitam preocupação a serem gradualmente removidas no setor da saúde europeu

Endorsements

• Health Care Without Harm (HCWH) Europe
• The Norwegian Hospital Procurement Trust
• ChemSec
• Ecolabelling Norway
• Environmental Coalition on Standards (ECOS)
• European Environment Bureau (EEB)
• Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Italy
• Landspítali University Hospital, Iceland
• Nordic Swan Ecolabel
• Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI)

If your organisation would like to publicly endorse this list, please get in touch at europe@hcwh.org

Written in collaboration

• Health Care Without Harm (HCWH) Europe
• The Norwegian Hospital Procurement Trust
• ChemSec
• Central Denmark Region
• Ecolabelling Norway
• European Environment Bureau (EEB)
• Landspítali University Hospital, Iceland
• The National Secretariat for Sustainable Procurement, Sweden
• Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI)
• Region Stockholm, Sweden
• Västra Götaland Regiom, Sweden