Environmental sustainability and waste  within the dental practice

Duane, Brett; Ramasubbu, Darshini; Harford, Sara; Steinbach, Inge; Swan, J.S.; Croasdale, Kim; Stancliffe, Rachel

doi:10.1038/s41415-019-0194-x

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“…Consequently, healthcare organizations consume a significant amount of material and inevitably create waste, which affects environmental sustainability [1,2]. Addressing healthcare waste not only significantly creates a considerable number of benefits to the environment but also contributes to cost saving and improves the public image of the parties involved [3,4].…”

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Toward Sustainable Environmental Management of Healthcare Waste: A Holistic Perspective

2021

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The management of healthcare waste requires a sustained and holistic approach involving a range of parties. This is challenging for governments, especially in developing countries, where waste management systems have limited capacities for addressing the issue. Using Saudi Arabia as a case study, this paper followed a multi-method approach, including policy analysis, observation, semi-structured interviews, and a focus group, to explore the country’s healthcare waste management system. The study estimated that Saudi government hospitals across the country, every year, throw away in landfills paper (27,000 tons), plastic (15,000 tons), food (10,000 tons), glass (8000 tons), and metal (7000 tons). Regrettably, all these tons of materials end up in landfills without any form of recycling. A number of challenges were identified, reflecting mainly the lack of a legal framework, waste training, coordination among stakeholders, and social responsibility. This study generated new knowledge about waste management systems by exploring how their performance is shaped by the processes occurring at the policy, organization, and individual levels.

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Toward Sustainable Environmental Management of Healthcare Waste: A Holistic Perspective

2021

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“…Duane et al, [9] Studied waste management issues in British dental hospitals. This study highlighted the types of waste generated and proposed several ways to improve the waste management practices.…”

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Evaluation of Waste Management Practices of Health Care Units: A Graph Theoretic and Matrix

Mishra*¹,

Biswal²,

Muduli³

et al. 2019

IJRTE

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The present research has used Graph Theory Matrix and Approach (GTMA) to evaluate Health Care Waste Management(HCWM) index. This index will be an indication of the degree of effectiveness of HCWM practices in the HCU’s. Responses collected through a questionnaire based survey was used to develop a GTMA model to evaluate Waste management Index(WMI). A frame work also has been proposed to calculate theoretical best and worst value of WMI. The WMI of any HCU could be compared with theoretical best and worst values of WMI to check its closeness to these values. If the WMI value of any organization is closer to best value in comparison to the worst value then it could be inferred that the HCU is doing good in managing its waste. The WMI value would help HCUs in identifying the weaker areas of HCWM practices of their organization.

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“…From an oral health prevention perspective, the toothbrush has recently been highlighted as a significant contributor to the global environmental footprint, with electric toothbrushes being significantly more harmful than manual 15 . Although there has been very little research carried out into dental specific single use items, it is expected that they also contribute significantly to the environmental footprint of dentistry 16 …”

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Embedding environmental sustainability within the modern dental curriculum— Exploring current practice and developing a shared understanding

Duane

Dixon

Ambibola

et al. 2021

Eur J Dental Education

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Introduction Evidence concerning the interactions between human health and planetary health has grown extensively in recent years. In turn, the perceived importance of environmental sustainability within higher education is growing at a rapid rate. This paper provides a summary of key elements as they apply to dentistry, and provides an introduction to the reader of an early consensus of how sustainability could be included as part of the dental curriculum. Methods The consensus opinion within this paper largely centres around discussion at the ADEE sustainability workshop at the annual conference in Berlin (August 2019). In order to help inform discussions at the workshop, a brief scoping questionnaire was circulated to potential participants regarding their understanding and current teaching practices in sustainability. An infographic was designed to help delegates remember the important elements of sustainable dentistry. Delegates discussed the concept of sustainability alongside the infographic, and how they could link these with the Graduating European Dentist (GED) curriculum. Results The discussions within the workshop largely centred around 4 main themes: Disease prevention and health promotion, Patient education and empowerment, Lean service delivery and Preferential use of strategies with lower environmental impact. Discussion It is apparent that there is a widespread need for teaching materials relating to environmental sustainability; this includes specific learning outcomes relating to the 4 educational domains of the Graduating European Dentist curriculum, and methods for teaching and assessing these outcomes. Conclusion This paper reports consensus on the first phase of a pan‐European working group on Sustainability in dental education.

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Environmental sustainability and waste within the dental practice

Cited by 35 publications

References 16 publications

Toward Sustainable Environmental Management of Healthcare Waste: A Holistic Perspective

Toward Sustainable Environmental Management of Healthcare Waste: A Holistic Perspective

Evaluation of Waste Management Practices of Health Care Units: A Graph Theoretic and Matrix

Embedding environmental sustainability within the modern dental curriculum— Exploring current practice and developing a shared understanding

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