Danny Saunders

District Sustainable Healthcare Manager Mid North Coast LHD

Healthcare 2040 Day One: Wednesday, 19 March 2025

2:50 PM Panel discussion | Radical Waste Reduction in Healthcare: Cutting Medical Waste and Promoting Reuse in Clinical Settings

  • Identifying opportunities to reduce medical waste through recycling and reuse programs 
  • Encouraging the adoption of sustainable disposal methods for hazardous and non-hazardous medical waste 
  • Promoting the reduction of single-use items in hospitals and clinical settings for long-term sustainability 
  • Addressing the environmental responsibility of operating theatres, which generate up to 70% of a hospital's clinical waste and are significantly more energy-intensive than other hospital areas 
  • Examining strategies to reduce low-value care in clinical practice, including unnecessary pathology, cannulation, and rationalised radiology, to cut costs and environmental impact 

 

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