Recovery of unused operating room supplies for overseas orthopedic surgery.
Recovery of surplus operating room (OR) materials may contribute needed supplies to volunteer overseas surgical efforts. However, recovery often generates supplies that are highly heterogeneous in nature. In order to evaluate the nature and quantity of supplies useful to orthopedic surgical missions, the present investigation evaluated the material generated from 381 consecutive orthopedic cases performed during three 3-month assessment periods over 3 years. The amount of recovered material varied markedly within and among procedure types as well as surgeons. Nevertheless, the long-term, OR-wide recovery program at Yale-New Haven Hospital has provided a highly reliable source of usable materials over the 4-year life of the program.
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Department of Anesthesiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
Chavez
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Garcia
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Ariyan
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Ehrenwerth
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Silverman
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D004864:Equipment and Supplies; D005060:Europe; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D009873:Operating Rooms; D009985:Orthopedics; D015397:Program Evaluation; D013525:Surgical Instruments / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014481:United States