mindlessly putting their minimally soiled gowns and gloves into the
red bag kick buckets after a case.
Her project made it clear that education is the key to getting sur-
geons and staff to think about what they're discarding and how to seg-
regate trash into the proper receptacles. A mandatory online education
module for all perioperative staff drove home the point about what is
and isn't regulated waste and what items are allowed in the red bag
trash.
The education worked. A post-education audit showed the ORs
were producing 77% less regulated waste, says Ms. Perrego, happy to
be saving her hospital money, greening her ORs and no longer having
to trash-pick.
• • •
Outpatient Surgery Magazine's fast-
growing OR Excellence Conference has
added Alexandra (Ali) Triola to the team
as an Events Specialist to help make this
year's ORX, Oct. 12 to 14 at the Hyatt
Regency Coconut Point in Bonita Springs,
Fla., the best ever. Ms. Triola joins us
from the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation -
Delaware Valley Chapter, where she man-
aged fundraising events. "Ali brings great
energy and passion to the position and is going to be a wonderful
ORX ambassador for our attendees, speakers and exhibitors," says
Stephen Archibald, the director of marketing. You can meet Ms. Triola
at our booth (#106) at the ASCA meeting in Dallas this month, or give
her a call at (888) YOUR-ORX.
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