Environmental impact and cost savings of operating room quality improvement initiatives: a scoping review
GA Sullivan, HJ Petit, AJ Reiter… - Journal of the …, 2023 - journals.lww.com
BACKGROUND: Operating rooms are major contributors to a hospital's carbon footprint due
to the large volumes of resources consumed and waste produced. The objective of this study
was to identify quality improvement initiatives that aimed to reduce the environmental impact
of the operating room while decreasing costs. STUDY DESIGN: A literature search was
performed using PubMed, Scopus, CINAHL, and Google Scholar and included broad terms
for “operating room,”“costs,” and “environment” or “sustainability.” The “triple bottom line” …
to the large volumes of resources consumed and waste produced. The objective of this study
was to identify quality improvement initiatives that aimed to reduce the environmental impact
of the operating room while decreasing costs. STUDY DESIGN: A literature search was
performed using PubMed, Scopus, CINAHL, and Google Scholar and included broad terms
for “operating room,”“costs,” and “environment” or “sustainability.” The “triple bottom line” …
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