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Developing the green operating room: exploring barriers and opportunities to reducing operating room waste

Description

The Australian health care system has an urgent sustainability challenge. It generates 236 million kilograms of waste per year, making it one of the largest contributors to waste nationwide. In Australia between 2014 and 2015, 235 000 kg of carbon dioxide was produced per day from the incineration of hazardous waste. This is of great concern since the World Health Organization (WHO) declared in 2021 that “climate change is the biggest health threat facing humanity”.

This MJA Narrative Review shares more.


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Authors: Ludmilla Pillay, Kenneth D Winkel and Timothy Kariotis

Article Type: Narrative Review

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CPD Activity Details
Topic
Environment and Public Health, Surgical Procedures and the Operative Environment, Wound Care
CAPE Aspects
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Effective Year

Educational Activities (EA) - 0.30

Reviewing Performance (RP) - 0.0

Measuring Outcomes (MO) - 0.0

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*Medical Board of Australia’s (MBA)’s revised Registration Standard: Continuing professional development (the Standard)