Awareness of healthcare providers on environment-friendly practices in operating rooms in selected hospitals in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Emad Aljohani,Abdullah Albarrak,Hatim Akkasi, Nasser Aljasir, Mohammed Almaslouk, Fahad Alqahtani,Mishari Alshammari,Mohammed Alanazi, Sultan Alqahtani

Medicine(2023)

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Climate change will have a great impact on humanity in upcoming years and will affect the health of all living creatures. Hospitals play a significant role in climate change due to their substantial waste production and they are considered a profound pollution source, with the Operating Theater as a main contributor. This study was aimed to examine the level of knowledge among healthcare professionals in Saudi Arabia concerning the proper implementation of operating room (OR) environmental procedures and efficient management of hospital waste. This is a cross sectional study performed across 3 hospitals in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The hospitals included are Prince Sultan military hospital, National guard hospital and King Salman hospital. The study included all the staff and health workers in OR (operating room), excluding all staff and health workers not in OR. The study took place between September 1 and November 1, 2022. None of the study participants mentioned that their institute or hospital fully engaged in Greenhealth Greening the OR initiative. Almost 1 to 3rd of the study participants (38.1%) mentioned that endorsement and participation in the practice of Greenhealth Greening the OR initiative was not implemented at all, and 45% of the participants were completely unaware of such an initiative. The study's findings suggest that healthcare providers in Saudi Arabia are not fully aware of environmentally friendly practices. Further, the current initiatives undertaken by the hospital administration fall short in attaining environmentally sustainable benchmarks.
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greenhealth,operating rooms,environmentally friendly practice
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