Table 1

Stage 2: intervention

Step 1Meeting with the team (medical, nursing and auxiliary staff)
Step 2Presentation of data
  1. Amount of overall waste produced

  2. Alert the team to systematic waste misclassification and misplacement (eg, personal protective equipment erroneously discarded as regulated medical waste (RMW))

  3. Raise awareness about recycling


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Seminars
  1. Strategies to reduce overall waste production

    (eg, opening one pack of gauze at a time)

  2. Correct waste handling, segregation and disposal

  3. Identification of potential recyclable components

Step 3Acquisition, labelling and placement of recycling bins within the endoscopy suite
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Removal and relocation of landfill and RMW bins