OR waste reduction

Simon, Ross W.; Canacari, Elena; Gamboa, Kelly A; Giurini, John M.

doi:10.1016/j.pcorm.2019.100073

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“…This is likely due to the difference between the supply costs of subspecialties. Neurosurgical, along with cardiac and orthopedic, cases have been identified as surgical subspecialties with high costs of wasted supplies [ 12 ].…”

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Sterile surgical supply waste identification using asynchronous analysis: Pediatric surgery QI pilot

Goldfield,

Malapati,

Chafitz

et al. 2023

Surgery Open Science

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“…Considering the brevity of many of the pediatric surgery cases we assessed, we expect the cost of waste to be equal or greater in most other surgical subspecialties [ 12 ]. On average and across specialties, surgical supplies cost $3 per surgical minute [ 15 ].…”

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Sterile surgical supply waste identification using asynchronous analysis: Pediatric surgery QI pilot

Goldfield,

Malapati,

Chafitz

et al. 2023

Surgery Open Science

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Solutions for Reducing Perioperative Supply Waste

Gonzalez

2024

AORN Journal

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Health care costs continue to increase in the United States, and unused perioperative supplies can contribute to both these costs and increased waste. Reducing perioperative waste can decrease hospital costs and promote sustainability. Perioperative leaders can consider a variety of solutions to decrease unused perioperative supplies, including streamlining and standardizing surgical packs, implementing surgeon scorecards and a surgical receipt system, and updating surgeon preference cards. The available literature does not provide data on waste reduction for all listed solutions; however, these initiatives have had positive financial effects for hospitals through either direct cost reduction or cost avoidance. Although the cost of implementation may vary among hospitals, streamlining surgical packs (including custom packs) appears to be an effective solution with a lower cost than other strategies, and avoids the wasting of opened supplies that are not needed.

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