447 Page 1 RH-TRU WASTE PACKAGING VISUAL CONFIRMATION USING A DUALCAMERA VIDEO SECURITY AND DOCUMENTATION SYSTEM D. W. Garber and J. H. Eide, Battelle Memorial Institute; K. J. Peters, WASTREN, Inc.

Health care facilities produce significant waste (2200 kg/bed/year) creating 2% of greenhouse gas emissions and 1% total solid waste nationwide, with 20-70% of waste coming from operating rooms. We performed a waste audit of hip arthroscopy for femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) to understand its environmental impact and identify areas for greening practices. A waste audit of five hip arthrosco...

qualitative and quantitative analyses of hospital and municipal solid waste are necessary for selecting the best and most appropriate method of health care collection, storage, transportation and disposal of this kind of wastes. quantitative and qualitative analyses of hospital and municipal wastes have been studied in ahwaz city during spring 1996. the amount of solid wastes in five regions of...