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https://hdl.handle.net/11055/649| Title: | Auditing operating room recycling: A management case report | Authors: | McGain, F Jarosz, KM Nguyen, MN Bates, S O'Shea, CJ |
Keywords: | Australia Infection Control/standards Management Audit* Medical Waste Disposal/methods Medical Waste Disposal/statistics & numerical data Operating Rooms/organization & administration* Recycling/economics Recycling/statistics & numerical data* |
Issue Date: | 2015 | Source: | 5(3):47-50 | Abstract: | Much waste arises from operating rooms (ORs). We estimated the practical and financial feasibility of an OR recycling program, weighing all waste from 6 ORs in Melbourne, Australia. Over 1 week, 237 operations produced 1265 kg in total: general waste 570 kg (45%), infectious waste 410 kg (32%), and recyclables 285 kg (23%). The achieved recycling had no infectious contamination. The achieved recycling/potential recycling rate was 285 kg/517 kg (55%). The average waste disposal costs were similar for general waste and recycling. OR recycling rates of 20%-25% total waste were achievable without compromising infection control or financial constraints. | URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/11055/649 |
| Appears in Collections: | Scholarly and Clinical |
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