[可持续处理OR废物 - - 一个具有巨大潜力的难题]
Stefan Welter1, Ingo Lukas Schmalbach2, Stefan Meierling3
1Thoraxchirurgie, Lungenklinik Hemer, Hemer, Deutschland.
Zentralblatt fur Chirurgie
|July 17, 2023
概括
实施有效的手术室废物管理,包括回收未被污染的包装,可以将高达50%的废物从垃圾填埋场转移. 这种可持续的方法有利于环境,并降低成本.
科学领域:
- 环境科学 环境科学
- 废物管理 废物管理
- 医疗保健操作 医疗保健操作
背景情况:
- 外科手术产生大量的废物,给环境和经济带来挑战.
- 目前的临床废物分类 (欧洲废物清单) 缺乏关于可回收性的细节.
- 只有很小的一小部分 (约. 5%的临床废物是危险的,需要进行特殊的处理.
研究的目的:
- 评估在手术室废物管理中回收和节省成本的潜力.
- 为了确定外科废物流中的可回收分数.
- 促进医疗保健机构的可持续废物处理实践.
主要方法:
- 对手术室废物成分的分析.
- 不被污染的包装材料的分离和量化.
- 评估不同废物分量的回收途径.
- 对临床废物和一次性使用手术仪器 (SUSI) 的规定进行审查.
主要成果:
- 高达50%的手术室废物,主要是包装,可以通过像德国"双重系统"这样的系统回收.
- 大约30%的包装废弃物适合材料回收.
- 在没有经过认证的消毒的情况下,禁止回收受污染的SUSI.
- 其他分离的废物流 (纸张,纸板,PET) 可以出售给回收公司.
结论:
- 负责任的手术室废物管理对于环境保护和降低成本至关重要.
- 可持续的废物管理需要所有工作人员的参与和培训,医生作为榜样.
- 有效的废物分离和回收实践可以显著改善外科手术的环境足迹.
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