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- Title
Improvement Project to Reduce Medical Waste in Intensive Care Unit.
- Authors
Chia-Wen Chang; Hsiao-Ling Chen; Chiu-Ting Chen; Yu-Man Chiang; Wan-Lan Tang; Yu-Hsiang Tang
- Abstract
According to statistics, the output of biomedical waste in the ICU of our hospital was 2.98 kg/person/day, the highest in the past three years, an increase of 11.48% compared with the total output in 2019. Therefore, a task force was established to reduce the output of medical waste in the ICU from 2.98 kg/person/day to 2.89 kg/person/day. The analysis showed the main reasons for the high waste figures were: low recognition accuracy of medical waste, low accuracy of classification behavior, high water content of waste, and fuzzy classification and labeling pictures. After discussion with the cross-departmental team, the project implemented multimedia medical waste education training courses and water reduction teaching videos, produced waste classification pictures, posted environmental protection reminders, and set up environmental protection leaders. After the implementation of the project, the results showed that the output of medical waste in the intensive care unit was reduced to 2.62Kg/person/ day, while the recognition accuracy rate of medical waste classification increased to 85.3%, and the correct rate of classification behavior increased to 95%. These changes achieved the reduction of medical waste in the intensive care unit and the goal of reducing processing costs.
- Subjects
INTENSIVE care units; TEAMS in the workplace; MULTIMEDIA systems; WASTE management; HUMAN services programs; QUALITY assurance; MEDICAL waste disposal; GOAL (Psychology); VIDEO recording
- Publication
Tzu Chi Nursing Journal, 2023, Vol 22, Issue 2, p67
- ISSN
1683-1624
- Publication type
Article