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EMRAD quarterly magazine, with a theme on sustainability (not just in imaging). Contents includes:
Sustainablity plans for EMRAD
Radioactive waste handling
Sustainable travelling
Imaging…
This article provides an overview of intensive care environmental sustainability with a nice summary figure of recommendations to focus on for reducing the carbon footprint of ICUs and 'getting our…
This recent BNMS team award submission details some measures that have improved the environmental sustainability of the Nottingham nuclear medicine service. We hope it's useful!
SusQI project was completed as part of theLeedsGreen Ward Competition10th January - 25th March by the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) Team.
Team members:
Grace Crossland - PICU…
This is an article from the IPEM (Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine) newsletter by Imperial College Healthcare Trust's Principal Nuclear Medicine Physicist, Laura Perry, outlining some…
The Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society (ANZICS) have produced this toolkit:
A beginners guide to sustainability in the ICU
There is guidance on these themes for intensive care…
In this review of 49 clinical guidelines from British, Chinese, Indian, Brazilian, Australian, European, German, and US-American medical associations, the authors found keywords related to planetary…
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 indicateshow the…
Study comparing an acute care unit with an intensive care unit in the US:
"An acute care unit generates 5.5kg of solid waste and 45kg CO2-e per hospitalization day. The ICU generates 7.1kg of solid…
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7 Dec 2021 •
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Prasad, P. A., Joshi, D., Lighter, J., Agins, J., Allen, R., Collins, M., Pena, F., Velletri, J., & Thiel, C.