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Case study submitted as part of Lancet Commission call for case studies.
Team members / location: Marianne Dawson, Canada, British Columbia
Issue: To scale sustainable change and not add to the…
Case study submitted as part of Lancet Commission call for case studies.
Team members / location: Laura L. Bellaire, USA
Issue: Healthcare delivery generates significant waste and emissions.…
This study measured the total quantity and composition of waste generated in a large, New York City (NYC) hospital kitchen over a one-day period to assess the impact of potential waste diversion…
The biopsy process at a large academic pathology laboratory was grouped into steps. Each supply and reagent was catalogued and postuse treatment noted. Energy consumption was estimated for capital…
Ninety-eight procedures were performed on 97 patients. The most commonly performed procedures were drainages (30), placement and removal of venous access (21), and computed tomography-guided biopsies…
This study uses hybrid environmental life cycle assessment (LCA) to quantify average emissions associated with resource use in an acute inpatient unit with 49 beds and 14,427 hospitalization days and…
Case study submitted as part of Lancet Commission call for case studies.
Team members / location: USA
Issue: US and UK estimates show the supply chain to cause the majority of emissions from…
Case study submitted as part of Lancet Commission call for case studies.
Team members / location: England, Yorkshire
Issue: An Ipsos MORI survey commissioned by the Health Foundation in 2021…
Webinar recording from 25 November 2021
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IPCC and COP26: what happens now? - James Dixon, Newcastle Hospitals
Greener NHS – Transitioning to a sustainable NHS - Manraj…
