Toward Environmentally sustainable surgery: Waste recycling in general surgery operating room. Preliminary cognitive audit
Lucia Romano,
Antonio Giuliani,
Mario Muselli
et al.
Abstract:BackgroundIt is common practice to classify waste from the operating theater as “clinical”. The development of sustainable policies could have a significant impact. In the first phase, our study aims to measure general surgery waste and to assess the potential financial and carbon savings of appropriate recycling. Based on this information, we will plan for a second phase in which educational interventions will be put in place to promote waste segregation in surgical environments.MethodsWe conducted a prelimin… Show more
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