Healthcare waste is a rampant issue in Australian hospitals. The operating room (OR)
contributes disproportionately to total hospital waste. There has been considerable research …

Significant differences exist in the management of health-care waste management, globally.
This is particularly so between low, middle and high-income countries. A systematic review …

A number of studies have estimated the carbon footprint of healthcare provision in a variety
of contexts, but the emission factors used to account for associated waste vary widely and …

The framework of design for the circular economy is increasingly used in industry to improve
product sustainability and decrease costs, and in academia various models have been …

Operating rooms are considered a significant revenue source, as well as the main source of
waste and cost, among the hospital's departments. Any cost savings in operating rooms will …

Consumer single-use plastic waste has received much attention from the public, policy-
makers and researchers. However, the management of such waste in medical settings has …

Proper waste segregation Waste from the operating room requires segregation into separate
waste streams, with normal solid waste (requiring landfilling) and biohazard or regulated …

OBJECTIVE Disposable supplies constitute a large portion of operating room (OR) costs and
are often left over at the end of a surgical case. Despite financial and environmental …

The healthcare sector contributed 5.2% of global greenhouse gas emissions in 2019, up
from 4.9% in 2018. 1, 2 These emissions are from a variety of sources. Data from England …

Operating rooms generate 42% of a hospital's revenue and 30% of hospital waste. Supply
costs are 56% of a total operating room (OR) budget. US academic medical centers use 2 …