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Healthcare Sustainability Champions

Carole Lin, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor
Anesthesiology, Perioperative, and Pain Medicine
Stanford Medicine

Project

Redistribution of Unused and Clean Surgical Supplies

Project Description

Major American hospitals discard on average more than $15 million annually in OR supplies. In the Operating Room, the anesthesiologist, as a frequent user of disposable supplies and equipment, is uniquely situated to address the issue of operative waste. By establishing a perioperative supplies recovery program for donations, and evaluating the path and impacts of donated supplies, this team will evaluate the medical donation supply chain and identify opportunities for improvement.

Stanford Health Care and Stanford Children’s Health donated more than 10,000 lbs. of equipment and 48,000 lbs. of medical supplies in fiscal year 2021. The team will evaluate opportunities to capture additional supplies and maximize waste avoidance.

Impact

Medical supply donations may be tracked by the item, or by pound, to estimate cost and environmental impact.

Collaborators

Ban C.H. Tsui, MD
Professor of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine
Director of Research, Division of Adult Regional Anesthesia Stanford University
Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative. and Pain Medicine

Veronica Zoghbi, MD
Clinical Instructor and ACE Fellow Stanford University Department of Anesthesiology
Perioperative and Pain Medicine Advanced Clinical Experience Fellow for Pediatric
Regional Anesthesiology

Anjali A. Dixit, MD, MPH Postdoctoral Scholar
Stanford University Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine

Albert Kwon, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor Stanford University Department of Anesthesiology,
Perioperative and Pain Medicine

Achievements &
Affiliations

Teacher of the Year. Stanford University Department of Pediatric Anesthesiology

FY21 Spring MCHRI CE Grant: 2021

Suprazygomatic Maxillary Nerve Block for Postoperative Pain in Pediatric

Adenotonsillectomy Stanford Teaching Scholars Grant: 2021

Award for Media Curriculum Development

Chief Resident University of California Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
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