A New Method to Improve the Environmental Sustainability of the Operating Room: Healthcare Sustainability Mode and Effect Analysis (HSMEA)

The purpose of this study was to describe a new method effectively improve the environmental impact operating rooms through systematic approach. A proven successful prospective risk analysis tool safety complex healthcare processes (Healthcare Failure Mode and Effect Analysis) adapted reduce surgical waste. For novel method, named Healthcare Sustainability Analysis (HSMEA), multidisciplinary team, using structured step-by-step approach, systematically inventories waste, quantifies its impacts, identifies hotspots, provides solutions for improvement. five steps HSMEA are described (definition topic, team assembly, flowchart creation, hazard analysis, actions outcome measures) procedure caesarean section used as case assess applicability impact. Applying sections resulted in 22% volume reduction carbon footprint This achieved by revising disposable custom pack order overage that present, intensifying waste stream segregation plastic paper recycling. is practical work floor aid applicable all types operations. It reproducible, because it enables an efficient approach issue room pollution.