Improving environmental sustainability in outpatient clinics: Lessons from a waste audit

• Main Authors: Anita Lowe Taylor (Author), Josh Levin (Author), John Chan (Author), Michelle Lee (Author), Donald Kasitinon (Author), Emily Miller (Author), Paige Fox (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2021-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: The healthcare industry is the second leading contributor of waste in the United States. While there are multiple examples of medical waste audits in the literature, few were conducted in outpatient settings. The objective of this study was to utilize a waste audit to identify key waste...