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reprocessed devices as trocars and ortho shavers, the hospital's ORs
have diverted 4,360 devices and 976 pounds from landfills and saved
$488 in waste disposal costs in the last 12 months alone, stats provided by the vendor from which the hospital has purchased its
reprocessed devices
for the last 5 years for
about half the cost of
new. "It makes me feel
good when I see the
numbers," says Ms.
Barnett. "It might not
sound like much, but
it adds up."
Reprocessing compression stockings,
blood pressure cuffs,
pulse oximeters,
clamps, scissors and
staplers is just one
way to save on waste
disposal. Here are a
few more green practices in the OR you
can implement that
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