决策树以支持光学临床实践和医疗保健培训计划中的可持续废物管理
Rayishnee Pillay1, Rekha Hansraj2, Veena S Singaram1
1Health Professions Education Unit, College of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa.
Clinical & experimental optometry
|November 27, 2024
概括
医疗保健专业人员必须可持续地管理废物,以减少对环境的影响. 这项研究量化了透镜佩戴造成的塑料废物,并为眼科医生提供了一个决策树,以改善医疗保健废物管理.
科学领域:
- 环境科学 环境科学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 眼镜测量是指眼睛的测量.
背景情况:
- 医疗保健对全球温室气体排放和气候变化作出了重大贡献.
- 有效的废物管理对于环境可持续性和减轻医疗保健的生态足迹至关重要.
- 光学,像其他医疗保健领域一样,产生废物,需要可持续的处置策略.
研究的目的:
- 量化每年由于眼镜镜片的佩戴而产生的塑料废物的近似质量.
- 为眼科医生开发一个实际的决策工具,以指导可持续的废物管理实践.
- 突出这些发现在整个医疗保健领域的更广泛适用性.
主要方法:
- 对眼镜佩戴者进行了一项在线调查,以收集每年塑料垃圾产生的数据.
- 在科学数据库 (EBSCOhost,Google Scholar,ScienceDirect,PubMed) 中进行了文献搜索.
- 来自已发表的研究,临床经验和调查数据的信息被合成,以创建一个废物管理决策树.
主要成果:
- 每年的镜头磨损产生大约48公斤的塑料废物.
- 镜头磨损造成的可回收塑料废物的很大一部分 (83%) 到达了垃圾填埋场.
- 开发了一个决策树,以帮助眼科医生实施可持续废物管理.
结论:
- 可持续的废物管理是医疗保健环境管理的重要组成部分.
- 将可持续实践和废物管理教育整合到医疗保健培训中至关重要.
- 医疗保健部门有集体责任减少浪费,降低排放,并改善地球福祉的健康结果.
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