A quantitative, qualitative, and critical assessment of surgical waste. Surgeons venture through the trash can

Tieszen, Myles E.; Gruenberg, James C.

doi:10.1016/0952-8180(96)80521-6

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“…Similar to previous studies of all hospital [3,8,9], operating suite [4] and anaesthesia [10] waste, we found that approximately 30% of ICU waste was paper or cardboard and 30% plastics (mainly PVC, polyethylene and polypropylene with co-polymers). Waste from the ICU is similar to other hospital waste with similar opportunities for recycling.…”

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“…In the UK, approximately 5.5 kg of waste is produced per patient per day, although hospital waste in other European nations such as Germany is much less [1]. About 30% of all hospital waste is plastic, 30% is cardboard and paper [2] and approximately 20% of all hospital waste arises from operating suites [2,3]. A recent study in a UK operating suite found that 40% of the waste was recyclable [4].…”

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An audit of intensive care unit recyclable waste

2009

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SummaryThere is little known about recyclable intensive care unit waste. We tested the hypotheses that the intensive care unit produces a small proportion (< 10%) of hospital waste, that much waste (> 30%) is recyclable and that there is little (< 10%) cross‐contamination of non‐infectious with infectious waste. For seven consecutive days in an Australian 10‐bedded intensive care unit, we prospectively sorted all waste. The total intensive care unit waste for the week was 540 kg, representing 5% of hospital waste. Of the 401 kg of intensive care unit general waste, recyclables were 230 kg (57%; 95% CI 53–61%), mainly plastics, cardboard and paper. There were 0.4 kg of infectious cross‐contamination in the 401 kg of general waste. Intensive care unit waste was a small proportion of all hospital waste. However, there was minimal infectious waste cross‐contamination and almost 60% of intensive care unit general waste could be recycled with appropriate safeguards, education and training.

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An audit of intensive care unit recyclable waste

2009

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“…[1][2][3] Operating rooms (ORs) contribute an estimated 20% to 33% of the total hospital waste. [3][4][5] OR waste, which includes disposable equipment and its associated packaging, imposes a significant environmental and economic burden. Biohazardous waste disposal from ORs accounts for nearly 20% of a hospital's environmental services budget.…”

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Development and Initial Porcine and Cadaver Experience with Three-Dimensional Printing of Endoscopic and Laparoscopic Equipment

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Journal of Endourology

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Introduction: Recent advances in three-dimensional (3D) printing technology have made it possible to print surgical devices. We report our initial experience with the printing and deployment of endoscopic and laparoscopic equipment. Materials and Methods: We created computer-aided designs for ureteral stents and laparoscopic trocars using SolidWorks. We developed three generations of stents, which were printed with an Objet500 Connex printer, and a fourth generation was printed with an EOSINT P395 printer. The trocars were printed with an Objet30 Pro printer. We deployed the printed stents and trocars in a female cadaver and in vivo porcine model. We compared the printed trocars to two standard trocars for defect area and length using a digital caliper. Paired T-tests and ANOVA were used to test for statistical difference. Results: The first two generations of stents (7F and 9F) were functional failures as their diminutive inner lumen failed to allow the passage of a 0.035 guidewire. The third generation 12F stent allowed passage of a 0.035 guidewire. The 12F diameter limited its deployment, but it was introduced in a cadaver through a ureteral access sheath. The fourth-generation 9F stents were printed and deployed in a porcine model using the standard Seldinger technique. The printed trocars were functional for the maintenance of the pneumoperitoneum and instrument passage. The printed trocars had larger superficial defect areas ( p < 0.001) and lengths ( p = 0.001) compared to Karl Storz and Ethicon trocars (29.41, 18.06, and 17.22 mm

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“…22 Experts state that proper waste segregation in the operating room may have the single greatest impact on costs related to waste disposal. 14 …”

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“…13,14 Waste from the operating room often undergoes high-energy processing to make it safe for disposal. In fact, a single operation may produce more waste than a family of 4 produces in a week.…”

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