An Evaluation of Operating Room Staff's Awareness of Environmental Sustainability and Medical Waste Management

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT05686031

Enrollment

140

Registered

2023-01-17

Start date

2019-10-14

Completion date

2019-11-28

Last updated

2023-07-27

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Conditions

Environmental-Pollution-Related Condition

Keywords

Environment, Inhalational Anaesthetics, Recycling, Global Warming, Carbon Footprint, Operating Room

Brief summary

The main goals of this single-centre cross-sectional study were to measure views on the environmental effects of the operating room and identify the main barriers to recycling in the operating room environment as perceived by the staff. Participants responded a questionnaire to measure their opinions and the views.

Interventions

OTHERNo interventions were done between groups

No interventions were done between groups

Study design

Observational model

OTHER

Time perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* all personel working in operating room

Exclusion criteria

* missing data

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Most reported barriers to recycling	3 Weeks
Views on the environmental effects of the OR	3 Weeks

Countries

Turkey (Türkiye)

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026