Editorial
Sustainability in Respiratory Therapy: Revisiting Reusables
Respiratory care, Vol.69(2), pp.275-279
02/2024
PMID: 38267233
Web of Science ID: WOS:001198891500011
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Abstract
Excerpt - Respiratory therapy practice brings sophisticated technology to the bedside to monitor and treat patients with acute and chronic respiratory diseases. Consequently, applying this technology results in a dizzying array of disposables. Face masks, ventilator circuits, suction catheters, nebulizers,
humidification chambers, and adapters of all shapes and sizes are single-use items disposed of as medical waste. The move from reusable devices to disposable devices in respiratory therapy is typically justified by concerns related to ethics, infection control, costs of cleaning (personnel and equipment), and simplicity. However, in many cases, the infection risk of reusables is overestimated.
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- Title
- Sustainability in Respiratory Therapy: Revisiting Reusables
- Publication Details
- Respiratory care, Vol.69(2), pp.275-279
- Resource Type
- Editorial
- Publisher
- Daedalus Enterprises Inc
- Format
- pdf and link
- Number of pages
- 5
- Copyright
- © 2024 by Daedalus Enterprises.
- Identifiers
- WOS:001198891500011; 99381559030106600
- Academic Unit
- Usha Kundu, MD College of Health; Health Sciences and Administration
- Language
- English