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Anesthesia and analgesia · Oct 2017
Optimizing Anesthesia-Related Waste Disposal in the Operating Room: A Brief Report.
- Richard M Hubbard, Jeremiah A Hayanga, Joseph J Quinlan, Anita K Soltez, and Heather K Hayanga.
- From the Departments of *Anesthesiology, †Cardiothoracic Surgery, and ‡Presbyterian University Hospital, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
- Anesth. Analg. 2017 Oct 1; 125 (4): 1289-1291.
AbstractMisappropriation of noncontaminated waste into regulated medical waste (RMW) containers is a source of added expense to health care facilities. The operating room is a significant contributor to RMW waste production. This study sought to determine whether disposing of anesthesia-related waste in standard waste receptacles before patient entry into the operating room would produce a reduction in RMW. A median of 0.35 kg of waste was collected from 51 cases sampled, with a potential annual reduction of 13,800 kg of RMW to the host institution, and a cost savings of $2200.
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