Minimising carbon and financial costs of steam sterilisation and packaging of reusable surgical instruments

Great study from Rizan et al (2021) estimating 'the carbon footprint and financial cost of decontaminating (steam sterilization) and packaging reusable surgical instruments. The study indicates how the burden might be reduced, enabling surgeons to drive action towards net-zero-carbon surgery'.

Chantelle Rizan, Rob Lillywhite, Malcolm Reed, Mahmood F Bhutta, Minimising carbon and financial costs of steam sterilisation and packaging of reusable surgical instruments, British Journal of Surgery, Volume 109, Issue 2, February 2022, Pages 200–210, https://doi.org/10.1093/bjs/znab406