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Woven Basket, 2025
No full textArtist(s): Teeraphan Suwannakinthorn
Materials: Sterilization wraps
We used basket weaving process to make this basket. Our team can see that the surgical instrument sterilization wraps are high-level of protection againts fluids and micro-organisms. We collected the wraps after they are used during the time we preparing the surgical instruments for surgery. These wraps are usually going to be thrown away in the regualar trash bag during the case, but we can see the potential of recycling the high quality material. These basket can be used as a grocery bag, craft, or organizing item.https://openworks.mdanderson.org/recycledart2025/1058/thumbnail.jp
Antibody-Drug Conjugates - New Therapies and Old Biomarkers
No full textDr. Dumbrava is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Investigational Cancer Therapeutics, Division of Cancer Medicine Dr. Yap is the Vice President and Head of Clinical Development in the Therapeutics Discovery Divisio
Streamlining Nuclear Theranostic Clinic Workflow
Full text linkNuclear medicine clinic needs have drastically changed with the emergence of theranostics, exciting new agents in the fight against cancer. However, administering these agents is a resource-intensive task, increasing demand for physician consultation time with patients, clinic office space, and scanner time. We examined our institution’s nuclear medicine clinic workflow and interviewed the clinic’s front desk staff, technologists, nurses, managers, physicians, and patients to find sources of delays, dissatisfaction, and decreased efficiency. An Ishikawa diagram and decision matrix helped us determine the most impactful intervention with our available resources. For this cycle, we focused on the consent process. Theranostic patients are usually on a standard therapy regimen with 4 or 6 doses of the same radiopharmaceutical. In our clinic, patients and physicians had to sign a separate consent form for each cycle, a repetitive task that was not standard across institutions or required by our hospital policy. We created a new consent form that included the full treatment regimen. In addition, we developed new patient education handouts to provide a reference that patients can keep when they leave the clinic. This intervention did not significantly decrease patients’ average clinic dwell time, but it allowed physicians and technologists to focus on patient care rather than repetitive paperwork, resulting in a 20% decrease in the physician-patient consultation time and eliminating an extra task. We were able to use lean methodology to eliminate a source of redundancy identified by patients, technologists, and physicians and improve provider satisfaction. Theranostics are a growing and integral part of nuclear medicine, and this project provides a framework for optimization of patient care and clinic efficiency
The Beer goes on forever and the recycling never ends, 2018, detail
No full textArtist: Erica D. Pentecost
Materials: Bottle caps, hangers
Beer bottle caps and recycled dry-clean hangers rescued from the dumpster.https://openworks.mdanderson.org/recycledart2018/1003/thumbnail.jp
The Helping Hands of Facilities Management, 2025
No full textArtist(s): Daniel Banda
Materials: Wood, metal
Vintage metal workbench with wood top decorated with the helping hands of the men and women of the Facilities Management Division.https://openworks.mdanderson.org/recycledart2025/1020/thumbnail.jp
The Helping Hands of Facilities Management, 2025, overhead-view
No full textArtist(s): Daniel Banda
Materials: Wood, metal
Vintage metal workbench with wood top decorated with the helping hands of the men and women of the Facilities Management Division.https://openworks.mdanderson.org/recycledart2025/1023/thumbnail.jp
Thinking, 2025, detail-view
No full textArtist(s): Afsaneh Morteza
Materials: Bottles, plastics, papers, metals, leaves, clothes, wire, glasshttps://openworks.mdanderson.org/recycledart2025/1025/thumbnail.jp
Corky, 2025
No full textArtist(s): Stephanie Colman
Materials: Wine corkshttps://openworks.mdanderson.org/recycledart2025/1115/thumbnail.jp
Rock\u27n Research, 2025, body
No full textArtist(s): Andrew Burkhardt
Materials: Found wood and spare guitar parts
This is a fender style guitar with all reclaimed/ recycled wood and parts. The top, neck, finger board and head are composed from wood I harvested from oak trees removed to support the construction of the new South Campus Research Building 5 (SCRB5). The building is currently under construction at the corner of Old Spanish Trail and Bertner Ave, thank you Vaughn Construction for helping me claim the wood. The back of the guitar is poplar wood from a discarded piano I found on the side of the road.
HUGE thank you goes out to South Paw Guitars (https://southpawguitars.com/) and Rockin’ Robin Guitars and Music (https://www.rockinrobinguitars.com/) and guitar luthier Clarence for their amazing support in providing all the hardware for this build. All parts are recycled from other guitars and are functional.
Though this should not be considered a new guitar is it very much playable and if someone likes to play they will enjoy this piece. It is also an awesome display piece to connect one to the amazing mission here at MD Anderson – Making Cancer History!https://openworks.mdanderson.org/recycledart2025/1114/thumbnail.jp
Heart of Hearts, 2025
No full textArtist: Orfa Roldan
Materials: Bottle caps, paint, and glue on canvashttps://openworks.mdanderson.org/recycledart2025/1000/thumbnail.jp