Can confirm, I worked as a vendor for both OR facilities and various laboratories. It’s something I’ve been thinking of for a while, actually. Single use plastics are so important to both areas of healthcare I don’t see how we can reduce their usage. It’s one of the few cases I know where not using plastic has a risk of actually killing a number of people due to inferior quality or cross contamination.
Plastic that can break down and compost with high heat and moisture and time is basically the goal for pollution concerns. But it’s naturally resistant so making it being able to break down when you want but still be durable and waterproof isn’t easy and will probably never be as cheap.
Can confirm, I worked as a vendor for both OR facilities and various laboratories. It’s something I’ve been thinking of for a while, actually. Single use plastics are so important to both areas of healthcare I don’t see how we can reduce their usage. It’s one of the few cases I know where not using plastic has a risk of actually killing a number of people due to inferior quality or cross contamination.
Plastic that can break down and compost with high heat and moisture and time is basically the goal for pollution concerns. But it’s naturally resistant so making it being able to break down when you want but still be durable and waterproof isn’t easy and will probably never be as cheap.