Key result
Strategies such as streamlining surgical packs and updating preference cards can reduce perioperative supply waste and yield positive financial effects for hospitals.
Why the study?
Health care costs continue to increase in the United States, and unused perioperative supplies contribute to rising costs and waste, motivating solutions to decrease waste and promote sustainability.
Do solutions such as streamlining surgical packs and updating preference cards reduce perioperative supply waste and hospital costs?
Do solutions such as streamlining surgical packs and updating preference cards reduce perioperative supply waste and hospital costs?
Implementing strategies like streamlining surgical packs and updating preference cards can effectively reduce perioperative supply waste and lower hospital costs.
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May prompt perioperative supply reviews; leaves open confirmation of benefits in controlled trials.
Health care costs continue to increase in the United States, and unused perioperative supplies can contribute to both these costs and increased waste. Reducing perioperative waste can decrease hospital costs and promote sustainability. Perioperative leaders can consider a variety of solutions to decrease unused perioperative supplies, including streamlining and standardizing surgical packs, implementing surgeon scorecards and a surgical receipt system, and updating surgeon preference cards. The available literature does not provide data on waste reduction for all listed solutions; however, these initiatives have had positive financial effects for hospitals through either direct cost reduction or cost avoidance. Although the cost of implementation may vary among hospitals, streamlining surgical packs (including custom packs) appears to be an effective solution with a lower cost than other strategies, and avoids the wasting of opened supplies that are not needed.
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R. O. Gonzalez (2024) conducted a review in Perioperative supply waste. Perioperative waste reduction strategies (e.g., streamlining surgical packs, surgeon scorecards) was evaluated. Strategies such as streamlining surgical packs and updating preference cards can reduce perioperative supply waste and yield positive financial effects for hospitals.
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