Environmental Waste Management of Disposable Surgical Coverage

Abstract

The sustainable direction in the field of patient and medical staff health safety is the use of disposable medical devices, including disposable surgical masks, as recommended by the actual European standard. Disposable surgical coverage is the result of cooperation between medical professional workplaces worldwide and professionals in the area of nonwovens and lamination of material. Various variants were developed, tested and then rejected and then finally reach the material and variant composition. The use of disposable medical devices in healthcare is now a common practice, but also an environmental problem on a global scale. Despite the widespread adoption of this best practice, many healthcare facilities and patients still register resistance and scepticism against this form, actually also in connection with protection against COVID-19. The promoted opinion also by research-confirmed opinion is that the disposable form significantly reduces the amount of regulated medical waste that is generated during surgical procedures, subsequent sterilization and in the framework of protection against COVID-19. At the same time, logistical modeling of the best practice of environmental management in waste management remains a problem for the future. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] Copyright of Polish Journal of Environmental Studies is the property of Scientific Investigation Committee and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)