减少医院一次性使用程序包的废物:一个范围审查
Alexandra R Seville1,2, Katy Jl Bell3, Kristen M Pickles3
1NSW Health Net Zero, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, Australia.
Anaesthesia and intensive care
|February 13, 2026
概括
减少一次性使用程序包的废物提供了显著的财务和环境效益. 干预措施可以减少浪费,降低成本,减少碳排放,而不会对患者的护理产生负面影响.
科学领域:
- 医疗废物管理 医疗废物管理
- 医院中的环境可持续性
- 手术程序包优化外科手术程序包优化
背景情况:
- 预先包装的手术包中的一次性用品对医院垃圾有很大贡献.
- 当前的处置做法导致包装打开后未使用的物品被浪费.
- 需要评估针对减少这些包装垃圾的干预措施.
研究的目的:
- 综合已发表的关于旨在减少医院手术包废物的干预措施和比较的证据.
- 评估这些举措对财务,环境和患者/工作人员的影响.
主要方法:
- 在MEDLINE,Embase,CINAHL和Scopus数据库中进行系统的文献搜索.
- 包括干预和病因学观察性研究,不包括描述性和次要研究.
- 分析了14项研究,包括质量改进研究,生命周期评估和审计.
主要成果:
- 八项研究报告说,每包装物品数量有所减少.
- 三项研究记录了从一次性使用到可重复使用的物品的转变.
- 据报道,有显著的经济节约 (每包高达49.43美元) 和废物减少 (每包高达2042克).
- 环境效益包括减少二氧化碳等效 (CO2e) 排放 (每包高达860g),可重复使用的物品在非化石燃料主导的能源领域可能会减少90%的排放.
- 没有观察到对工作人员或患者结果的负面影响.
结论:
- 减少一次性使用程序包装垃圾的举措是有效的.
- 这些举措可以节省大量资金,减少资源消耗,减少二氧化碳排放.
- 过渡到可重复使用的物品和包装优化为可持续的医疗废物管理提供了一个可行的战略.
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