Waste and recycling among orthopedic subspecialties | Zendy

Sahil Kooner | Zendy; Christopher Hewison | Zendy; Sarup S. Sridharan | Zendy; Justin T. Lui | Zendy; Graeme Matthewson | Zendy; Herman Johal | Zendy; Marcia Clark | Zendy

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Waste and recycling among orthopedic subspecialties

Author(s) -

Sahil Kooner,

Christopher Hewison,

Sarup S. Sridharan,

Justin T. Lui,

Graeme Matthewson,

Herman Johal,

Marcia Clark

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

canadian journal of surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.609

H-Index - 64

eISSN - 1488-2310

pISSN - 0008-428X

DOI - 10.1503/cjs.018018

Subject(s) - medicine , orthopedic surgery , medical physics , waste management , surgery , engineering

It is estimated that one-quarter to half of all hospital waste is produced in the operating room. Recycling of surgical waste in the perioperative setting is uncommon, even though there are many recyclable materials. The objective of this study was to determine the amount of waste produced in the preoperative and operative periods for several orthopedic subspecialties and to assess how much of this waste was recycled.

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