Improving Waste Segregation in the Operating Room to Decrease Overhead Cost

Plezia, Daniel; Sabol, Valerie K; Nelson, Christoffer; Simmons, Virginia C

doi:10.1097/QMH.0000000000000416

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Improving Waste Segregation in the Operating Room to Decrease Overhead Cost.

Published in Quality management in health care • 2026

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Authors:

Daniel Plezia

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Valerie K Sabol

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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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