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What’s the environmental cost of delivering dialysate—and how can we redesign the system?In this recorded session from the Sustainable Kidney Care Network, two brilliant early-career researchers…
🌱 Environmental Nephrology and Sustainable Kidney Care – ERA Neph-Manual 2025 Chapter SummaryThis foundational chapter, authored by Maaike van Gelder, Frances Mortimer, Peter Blankestijn, and Karin…
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June 2025
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van Gelder M, Mortimer F, Blankestijn P and Gerritsen K
In our monthly Kidney Care Sustainability Networkevent, we explore innovative approaches to building greener kidney care. This month, we dive into one of the most debated topics in nephrology:…
Dr. Irmak shared a compelling look into the development of an implantable artificial kidney, focusing on the design of membranes that integrate with the body's vascular system and support real-time…
Watch the talk by Lucy Brown, Clinical Lead, Sustainable Kidney Care ProjectIn this special update from the UK Sustainable Kidney Care Project, Clinical Lead Lucy Brown shares the latest on how kidney…
Missed the latest session on portable and implantable artificial kidneys? Catch up on this groundbreaking talk by Professor Karin Gerritsen, a leading expert in home and green dialysis. 🎥👇Professor…
Sustainable kidney careWelcome to the KitNewCare Sustainable Kidney Care CourseThis course explores what healthcare workers in nephrology can do to become leaders in sustainable transformation,…
A multinational survey of health care professionals on the kidney health impacts of climate change and the environmental burden of kidney care was conducted.Most participants reported knowledge gaps…
Midlands Kidney Network - Benefits of Central Delivery Systems (CDS) for In-Centre Haemodialysis
Waste benefits:
Most units will use a 6L canister per treatment which is not fully utilised,…
Abstract
Background
Haemodialysis treatments generate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions mainly as a result of the equipment, consumables and pharmaceuticals required. An internal audit…
