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Sustainable practices in hospital and operating theaters.

Authors :
Anract J
Pradere B
Pinar U
Source :
Current opinion in urology [Curr Opin Urol] 2024 Sep 01; Vol. 34 (5), pp. 384-389. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 May 29.
Publication Year :
2024

Abstract

Purpose of Review: This review aims to provide an update on the results of studies published in the last two years involving the development of sustainable practices in hospital and operating theaters (OT).<br />Recent Findings: Recently, many studies evaluated various initiatives to better understand the environmental impact of the OT but also to minimize its environmental impact. Many trials evidenced the positive impact of the instrument's reuse using an appropriate reprocessing procedure. Better waste segregation is associated with a reduction of produced waste and contributes to a significant reduction in CO 2 equivalent emissions. Regarding anaesthetic gas, Desflurane is known to have the worst environmental impact and the majority of the study evidenced that its reduction permits to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emission of the OT.<br />Summary: Greening the OT necessitates climate-smart actions such as waste reduction, the improvement of reusable instruments, recycling of our waste and better anaesthetic gas management. Within the last two years, many efforts have been made to reduce and better segregate waste produced in the OT and also to better understand the environmental impact of disposable and reusable devices.<br /> (Copyright © 2024 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved.)

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
1473-6586
Volume :
34
Issue :
5
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
Current opinion in urology
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
38813704
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1097/MOU.0000000000001190