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People, planet and profits: the case for greening operating rooms
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Over the past 40 years, the health care industry has undergone radical changes in the types of products it uses and its waste disposal practices.[1][1],[2][2] In the 1980s, concerns about the spread of blood-borne diseases prompted a shift from reusable to single-use devices, resulting in increases
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Metadata
- Authors
- Kagoma, Y., Stall, N., Rubinstein, E., & Naudie, D.
- Affiliations
- Western University (CA)
- ORCID
- Stall, Nathan
- Venue
- Canadian Medical Association Journal
- Publisher
- CMA Joule Inc.
- Published
- 2012-06-04
- Volume
- 184
- Issue
- 17
- Pages
- 1905-1911
- ISSN
- 0820-3946 (ISSN-L)
- 1488-2329
- PMC
- PMC3503903
- OpenAlex
- W2130867920
- Cited by
- 229
- References
- 41
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 2.78
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Locations
- Canadian Medical Association Journal (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Healthcare and Environmental Waste Management
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Architecture › Healthcare Facilities Design and Sustainability
- Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Microbiology › Medical Device Sterilization and Disinfection
- Keywords
- environmental sustainability in healthcare, single-use medical devices, reusable medical devices, health care waste, blood-borne transmission, environmental impact of healthcare
- MeSH terms
- Humans, Operating Rooms, Waste Disposal, Fluid, Gas Scavengers, Health Care Costs, Efficiency, Organizational, Equipment Reuse, Medical Waste Disposal, Greenhouse Effect, Product Packaging
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