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Surgeons' perspectives on operating room waste: Multicenter survey

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SURGERY
卷 171, 期 5, 页码 1142-1147

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DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2021.12.032

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  1. University of Virginia's Department of Anesthesiology
  2. University of California San Francisco
  3. City of San Francisco

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Surgeons are aware of the significant waste in operating rooms and are willing to change their workflow to reduce waste. Reducing operating room waste is beneficial for health system finances and population health improvement, with a focus on eliminating unnecessary waste of sterile surgical supplies.
Background: Waste is endemic in the U.S. health care system. Operating rooms are a source of significant solid waste. Surgeons are integral to many decisions in the operating room. Method: Online survey of surgeons at 2 major academic centers in the United States assessing per-spectives on intraoperative waste and willingness to work to actively reduce intraoperative waste. Results: We received responses from 219 surgeons: 90% agreed or strongly agreed that waste of sterile surgical items is an issue, and 95% agreed or strongly agreed to a willingness to change the operating room workflow to reduce waste. Surgeons estimated 26% of single-use, sterile supplies opened for surgery were unused at the end of the case. The barriers to waste reduction cited most frequently were: (1) lack of awareness of waste, (2) lack of concern for waste, and (3) lack of time to address the waste. Conclusion: Surgeons understand there is significant waste in the operating room and are willing to change their workflow to reduce waste. Changes in operating room practices that reduce waste will be beneficial to health systems'finances and their efforts to improve population health through a reduction in consumption and pollution. Efforts should be directed toward reducing operating room waste with an initial focus on the elimination of unnecessary waste of sterile surgical supplies. Further work is needed to determine the precise sources of perioperative waste and what initiatives can be implemented to reduce this burden while maintaining high-value patient care. (C) 2022 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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