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ArticleAnaesthesia and intensive care2026

Reducing waste from single-use procedure packs in hospitals: A scoping review.

Alexandra R Seville, Katy Jl Bell, Kristen M Pickles, Scott McAlister, Philomena Colagiuri, Luise Kazda, NSW Health Net Zero Clinical Leads Program

Abstract readScoping Review
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Article in Anaesthesia and intensive care, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Alexandra R SevilleNSW Health Net Zero, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, Australia.ORCID 0009-0001-9125-7965
Katy Jl BellWiser Healthcare Research Collaboration, Sydney School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-0137-3218
Kristen M PicklesWiser Healthcare Research Collaboration, Sydney School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-1621-3217
Scott McAlisterWiser Healthcare Research Collaboration, Sydney School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
Philomena ColagiuriWiser Healthcare Research Collaboration, Sydney School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
Luise KazdaWiser Healthcare Research Collaboration, Sydney School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-4105-0402
NSW Health Net Zero Clinical Leads Program

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Single-use items in pre-packaged procedure packs are disposed of after opening, regardless of whether they were used. We aimed to synthesise published evidence on evaluations of hospital-relevant interventions or comparisons targeting waste from procedure packs. We included intervention and aetiological observational studies, excluding purely descriptive studies, secondary studies and conference abstracts. We searched MEDLINE, Embase, CINAHL and Scopus from inception to 7 May 2024 and undertook forward and backward citation searches of included records. Of 1074 records retrieved, 14 studies met inclusion criteria. Eight were before-after quality improvement studies, five were comparative life cycle assessments and one was an audit. Studies reported on reductions in items in the pack (

Indexed as

Product PackagingHospitalsHumansenvironmental impacthealth systemscoping reviewsingle-useWaste

Identifiers

PMID41688049
PMCPMC12967391

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