Optimizing Proper Waste Management in Pediatric Surgery: An Observational Study
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Émilie Kate Landry, Caroline P. Lemoine
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Operating rooms (OR) are responsible for the majority of waste production in hospitals. Proper waste management including recycling is a sustainable initiative with no direct cost increase. We assessed the impact of our current institutional OR recycling program in selected general pediatric surgery procedures and estimated the potential impact of optimizing waste management.
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