"带你自己的"重复使用到手术:环境可持续性质量改善倡议
Sukham K Brar1, Celia Dann1, Mike Apostol1
1Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University (Brar, Strychowsky); Department of Surgery, Western University (Dann, Leslie), and Facilities Management (Apostol), and Division of Paediatric Surgery, Children's Hospital (Davidson, Wilson, Strychowsky), and Perioperative Services (Sleegers, Bilodeau, Rajan, Walters), and Department of Infection Prevention and Control, London Health Sciences Centre (Bossy); Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Western University, London, Ont. (Strychowsky).
医院可以通过鼓励患者使用可重复使用的袋子和水瓶来大幅减少塑料垃圾. 这一举措使塑料袋的购买量减少了45.7%,节省了成本并减少了碳足迹.
科学领域:
- 医疗保健的可持续性 医疗保健的可持续性
- 环境科学 环境科学
- 废物管理 废物管理
背景情况:
- 手术室产生大量的医院废物,其中塑料占废物的20%.
- 医院废物的很大一部分来自手术室,这凸显了有针对性的减少战略的必要性.
研究的目的:
- 通过鼓励患者使用可重复使用的袋子和水瓶,减少手术室内的塑料垃圾.
- 评估质量改善计划对减少手术室塑料废物的影响.
主要方法:
- 计划-做-研究-行动 (PDSA) 方法在多个医院站点的三个周期中被采用.
- 实施了教育干预措施,以鼓励患者和工作人员采用可重复使用的物品,收集了关于环境,废物和成本节约的数据.
主要成果:
- 患者物品塑料袋的使用量每年减少45.7%.
- 这种减少带来了显著的环境效益,包括减少了2141公斤二氧化碳等价物,节省了1259.55美元的成本.
- 观察到可重复使用袋 (高达78.0%) 和水瓶 (高达57.8%) 的高患者采用率.
结论:
- 质量改善计划成功地减少了手术室的塑料消耗,废物和碳排放.
- 推广可重复使用的袋子和水瓶是降低外科环境环境影响的有效策略.
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