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Improving Waste Segregation in the Operating Room to Decrease Overhead Cost

Published in Quality Management in Health Care • Jun 2, 2023
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Authors:
Daniel Plezia
,
Valerie K. Sabol
,
Christoffer Nelson

Abstract

Background and Objectives: Operating rooms (ORs) disproportionally contribute 20% to 33% of hospital waste nationwide and therefore have a major impact on hospital waste management. Seventy percent of general OR waste is incorrectly eliminated as clinical waste, which compounds unnecessary financial...

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