Title |
Auditing Operating Room Recycling
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Published in |
A&A Case Reports, August 2015
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DOI | 10.1213/xaa.0000000000000097 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Forbes McGain, Katherine Maria Jarosz, Martin Ngoc Hoai Huong Nguyen, Samantha Bates, Catherine Jane O’Shea |
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. |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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Unknown | 55 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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Student > Master | 7 | 13% |
Student > Bachelor | 7 | 13% |
Student > Postgraduate | 6 | 11% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 3 | 5% |
Professor > Associate Professor | 3 | 5% |
Other | 7 | 13% |
Unknown | 22 | 40% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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Medicine and Dentistry | 8 | 15% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 6 | 11% |
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 3 | 5% |
Business, Management and Accounting | 3 | 5% |
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 2 | 4% |
Other | 8 | 15% |
Unknown | 25 | 45% |