可重复使用的擦拭盖是具有成本效益的,有助于减少手术的气候足迹
Divyansh Agarwal1, Tina Bharani2, Wynne Armand3
1Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit St., Boston, MA, 02114, USA. DAGARWAL@mgh.harvard.edu.
Langenbeck's archives of surgery
|September 14, 2023
概括
切换到可重复使用的外科手术擦拭盖可以大大减少浪费,并降低手术室的碳足迹. 这种可持续的做法减少了对环境的影响,并为医疗保健设施提供了成本效益.
科学领域:
- 环境科学 环境科学
- 医疗保健的可持续性 医疗保健的可持续性
- 手术手术手术手术手术手术手术手术
背景情况:
- 美国医疗保健部门对国家二氧化碳排放做出了重大贡献,手术服务是主要因素.
- 从单次使用的手术室物品中产生的固体塑料废物,包括擦洗盖,加剧了温室气体排放.
- 启动了一项试点研究,以评估将一次性扫盖替换为可重复使用的替代品对环境和经济的影响.
研究的目的:
- 评估在手术环境中实施可重复使用的擦拭帽的可行性和影响.
- 为了比较可重复使用的与一次性使用的擦拭盖的环境和经济负担.
- 确定手术服务中减少废物和减轻碳足迹的潜力.
主要方法:
- 马萨诸塞州总医院的92名外科实习生参加了为期6个月的试点研究.
- 提供了可重复使用的个性化擦洗帽,并将它们的使用与一次性使用的一次性使用帽进行了比较.
- 进行了经济和环境负担分析,考虑了原材料成本,制造,运输和废物处理.
主要成果:
- 超过51%的参与者在采用可重复使用的盖子后,将一次性盖子的使用量减少了76-100%.
- 观察到一次性使用帽的使用率有显著下降,即使经过对外科病例量进行调整.
- 与可重复使用的盖子相比,一次性使用的擦拭盖子的碳足迹显著更高,同时增加了能源消耗和淡水毒性.
结论:
- 可重复使用的个性化布式擦拭帽是减少外科手术服务碳足迹的经济有效解决方案.
- 实施可重复使用的擦拭盖可以显著减少从一次性替代品中产生的废物.
- 鼓励医疗机构从单次使用的聚烯盖子转向操作室工作人员的可重复使用选项.
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