The OR generates more than 40% of a hospital's revenue and between 20% and 30% of its total waste volume, according to Practice Greenhealth, a nonprofit organization dedicated to environmental sustainability in health care. Given those numbers, it's no wonder that being environmentally friendly or "green" doesn't just benefit society—it hits the bottom line.
From sharps and blood-soaked surgical instruments to discarded anesthetic agents,…
Approximately 5.9 million tons of waste annually comes from the…
What began as an employee request to reduce waste and…