Pragmatic Recycling of Paper and Cardboard in the Operating Theatre: An Audit
| Autor: | Rozel Bunch, Hazel McGregor, Lorraine J Snedden, Douglas Ra McKendrick |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Operating Rooms
Waste management cardboard Legislation General Medicine Audit 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Scotland 030202 anesthesiology visual_art Product Packaging visual_art.visual_art_medium Humans Recycling Environmental impact assessment 030212 general & internal medicine Anaesthetic room Business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Perioperative Practice. 27:43-49 |
| ISSN: | 2515-7949 1750-4589 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/175045891702700302 |
| Popis: | Despite recent legislation introduced in Scotland and motivated recycling at home, very little recycling exists within theatre environments. This study audited the introduction of recycling of paper and cardboard. All waste within a single operating theatre was collected by a dedicated team for 20 surgical cases. The collection of clean paper and cardboard packaging was limited to the theatre preparation room (TPR) and anaesthetic room (AR). No waste segregation was attempted within the operating theatre itself. The results showed that the AR produced a mean weight of 1.3kg of waste per patient (50% paper and cardboard), and the TPR produced 3.05kg per patient (33% general waste; 44% paper; 23% cardboard). Recycling saved a mean of £0.51 per case. The 54kg of recycled bags produced during the study saved 25kg CO2 emissions. This study describes a pragmatic method to recycle paper and cardboard within the TPR and AR. There are significant potential financial and environmental savings to be achieved. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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