Recycling Potential in Endoscopy
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 招募中
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 2,000
- 试验地点
- 4
- 主要终点
- Amount of waste generated per examination in grams (g)
研究概览
简要总结
The present trial is an observational prospective trial. The aim of the present study is to analyse the recycling potential in endoscopy units in hospitals and outpatient facilities. For this purpose, waste is collected for four weeks each at four locations (two inpatient and two outpatient facilities). Questions such as quantity and quality of garbage will be addressed and compared between the different facilities.
详细描述
Current considerations by various professional societies are developing theoretical concepts with the goal of greenhouse-neutral endoscopy operation. However, the scientific data situation here is expandable. One study calculated an extrapolation for the US based on the mean value of weight and volume of a total of 278 endoscopies in five days at two hospitals. However, a differentiated consideration of various parameters such as examination type and the location of the endoscopy (outpatient vs. inpatient) was missing here.
In different endoscopic departments waste will be weighed. Those are two hospitals (university and non-university) and two outpatient endoscopy units, each for four weeks. The waste will be divided into residual waste, paper and plastic in order to record the possible recycling potential. In addition, it will be investigated how great the savings potential is by avoiding disposable products (gowns, endoscopes).
The present study addresses the following end points:
- Parts of waste per examination in g (residual waste, plastic, paper).
- Savings potential through reusable items (e.g. gowns)
- Comparison of disposable vs. reusable endoscopes
- Descriptive description of the amount of waste at the different locations
- Statistical comparison of the amount of waste in the different locations
- Statistical comparison of the amount of waste per examination
- Statistical comparison of the amount of waste between out-patient and in-patient
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Observational
- 观察模型
- Ecologic Or Community
- 时间视角
- Prospective
入排标准
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Endoscopic examination (gastroscopy, colonoscopy, combined gastro and colonoscopy, ERCP, EUS, bronchoscopy)
- •Type of examination (interventional vs diagnostic)
- •Known multi-resistant germs (yes vs no)
排除标准
- 未提供
结局指标
主要结局
Amount of waste generated per examination in grams (g)
时间窗: 16 weeks
The amount of waste per procedure will be collected by weighing the garbage of after every procedure.
次要结局
- Descriptive description of the amount of waste after 4 weeks in kg and per produre in g at the different locations.(16 weeks)
- Parts of waste per examination in g (residual waste, plastic, paper).(16 weeks)
- Saving potential defined by the amount of reusable items in g per procedure (e.g. gowns)(16 weeks)
- Comparison of the amount of waste in g in disposable vs. reusable endoscopes.(16 weeks)
- Statistical comparison of the amount of waste in the different locations(16 weeks)
- Statistical comparison of the amount of waste per examination(16 weeks)
- Statistical comparison of the amount of waste between out-patient and in-patient departments(16 weeks)
研究者
Georg Dultz
Goethe University Hospital Frankfurt
Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Hospital