21. Greening the OR: Implementing a Waste Reduction Strategy in General Surgery

This is great work on an increasingly significant topic. Thank you for sharing as many organizations are interested in undertaking similar initiatives and can from this great work.

Great topic, Implementing a waste reduction strategy in general surgery is a critical step towards a more sustainable and cost-effective healthcare system. By optimizing surgical processes, minimizing single-use item usage, and recycling materials when possible, hospitals can reduce their environmental footprint while also saving money. Such strategies not only benefit the planet but also improve the overall efficiency of surgical operations, ultimately leading to better patient care. It's a win-win approach that should be embraced by all healthcare facilities.

Great job on reducing CO2 emissions for our planet and future generations.

Very interesting, while in practice with patients, it’s second nature to use equipment and not think of its long term consequences. Great to have the next generation think about sustainability and ways to improve daily practices.

Implementing a Waste Reduction Strategy in General Surgery is good step for environment...and it is nice to hear that all thing done by most learned people.

This is quite fascinating, and I hope to see lower emissions down the road with all the research work the young generation is doing. Great work

Good to hear that healthcare sector now thinking about greening initiatives.

There seems to be a lot of opportunity to use QI to address the climate crisis within the perioperative setting. Is this work connected with the ONSQIN network?

Hopefully we will start to see more initiatives that look at reducing CO2 emissions within healthcare. Great work!

I hope that greening the OR becomes a part of QIPs due to the significant environmental footprint of the ORs

Great topic! Love seeing healthcare greening initiatives