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 te...

Background: The biomedical waste poses significant hazardous risk to the patients, healthcare workers, the community and environments. Thus the knowledge regarding biomedical waste management among health care personnel have greater impact on health and environment. This study aims to assess the awareness and practices regarding biomedical waste management among Health care workers in Tertiary ...

INTRODUCTION Improper management of biomedical waste (BMW) poses a risk for health and environment. Healthcare workers have an important responsibility to properly segregate and train the staff in its disposal. OBJECTIVE To study the awareness, attitude and practices of health care workers in biomedical waste management and to observe the appropriateness of the same in the private nursing hom...

To cite: Blackmore CC, Kaplan GS. BMJ Qual Saf Published Online First: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bmjqs-2016005273 The term Lean means different things to different people. At Virginia Mason, it is applied to the management system based on the systematic identification and elimination of waste, defined as any activity that does not add value from the standpoint of the customer....

Society should not accept the inevitability of rationing medical resources, at least not in the short term. Because of the high degree of waste and duplication that characterize the Canadian and, even more, the American healthcare system, the invitation to focus on rationing procedures known to be useful is likely to divert attention from the need to eliminate waste. If and when extensive ratio...

Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment (QMRA) methodology, which has already been applied to drinking water and food safety, may also be applied to risk assessment and management at the workplace. The present study developed a preliminary QMRA model to assess microbial risk that is associated with inhaling bioaerosols that are contaminated with human adenovirus (HAdV). This model has been appli...

Optimizing glycemic control may help to reduce the risks of diabetes complications, but it is often difficult to achieve, partly owing to poor treatment adherence. One barrier to adherence is forgetfulness. The HumaPen Memoir pen is the only electronic reusable insulin pen with a multiple-dose memory feature. This enables the device to store information regarding dates and times of the previous...

Current Brazilian law does not provide appropriate legislation governing waste resulting from unused medication, which presents a growing public health threat. Studies that have considered these issues are incomplete, classifying unused medication as a remnant of healthcare and ignoring the user, who has the largest role in generating this type of waste. Users do not possess sufficient knowledg...

T he Lean Transformation Process is a methodology created by the Toyota Production System that focuses on the elimination of nonvalueadded operations in the workplace to create flow and quick response to customer demand. The process improvement strategy, when applied to the healthcare setting, can enhance the patient experience by cutting out waste (nonvalue added work) and providing a safer, s...