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- Title
Single-use medical plastics: Sustainability in the operating room.
- Authors
Xiao, Maggie Z. X.; Abbass, Syed Ali Akbar; Chan, Vincent W. S.
- Abstract
Surgery and perioperative services are resource-intensive and account for upwards of 30% of all hospital waste. Heavy reliance on single-use medical plastics poses a major environmental burden and is a significant contributor to global warming. We highlight some of the plastic waste management challenges exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic and discuss an innovative recycling program that can help reduce the environmental impact and waste production associated with surgery.
- Subjects
OPERATING rooms; PLASTIC scrap; PLASTICS; WASTE management; GLOBAL warming; SINGLE-use plastics
- Publication
UBC Medical Journal, 2022, Vol 13, Issue 2, p29
- ISSN
1920-7425
- Publication type
Article