对外科废物的定量,质量和批判性评估. 外科医生冒险穿过一个垃圾桶
1Department of Surgery, Saginaw Cooperative Hospitals, Inc. MI 48602.
JAMA
|May 27, 1992
概括
通过实施可重复使用的床单和回收计划,可以显著减少外科废物. 这项研究发现,在手术废物中,潜在的重量和体积减少分别为73%和93%.
科学领域:
- 环境科学 环境科学
- 医疗保健管理的管理
- 废物管理 废物管理
背景情况:
- 手术程序产生大量的废物,影响环境可持续性.
- 当前医院的废物管理实践往往忽视了减少和回收利用的机会.
- 手术废物的组成需要详细分析,以确定可回收的组件.
研究的目的:
- 从数量和质量上评估来自常见手术的外科废物.
- 确定可供替代性处置或替代的外科废物类别.
- 确定废物减少策略对整体外科废物产量的潜在影响.
主要方法:
- 采用了案例系列设计,分析了来自五种常见手术程序的外科废物.
- 废物从一个单一的高等社区教学医院收集.
- 手术废物根据重量,体积和材料组成 (一次性麻布,纸张,塑料,各种) 进行评估.
主要成果:
- 27例外科病例的外科废物重达610.5磅 (274.7公斤),占地面积达171.6立方英尺 (5.1米3).
- 一次性床单占重量的39%,而塑料占26%.
- 一次性麻布,纸张和可回收塑料占重量的73%,体积的93%.
结论:
- 在全国范围内,这些手术每年造成的外科废物估计为5.1×10×7磅 (2.3×10×7公斤).
- 实施可重复使用的亚麻产品和回收利用可能会使手术废物的重量减少73%,体积减少93%.
- 通过材料分离和采用环保实践,在手术中可持续的废物管理是可行的.
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