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Very pleased that this paper is out. Unnecessary diagnostic specimens can contribute to the large carbon footprint of our services. They add little or no clinical value to patient care and can even…
Opinion piece on what ambulance based paramedic's could do to help demonstrate what we are already doing and what more we need to do to help reach net zero.
Would love to here the views of others…
Aims: Clinical laboratories play a vital role in healthcare, yet their operations contribute to resource consumption, waste generation, and greenhouse gas emissions. The need for sustainable practices…
Open access article looking at the patient, hospital and environmental cost of unnecessary bloodwork in general surgery inpatients at Vancouver General Hospital.
The article estimates the carbon…
It has become apparent that the climate crisis is reaching critical levels and Governments and key organisations are recognising the need for change. A review of current literature reveals very little…
Read our co-authored paper on the Imperative for reducing the environmental impact of clinical laboratories.
Abstract:Clinical laboratories are significant contributors to the environmental burden…
Sometime I feel Entonox is taking over my life! I have spent alot of time over the last year exploring the envirnoment harm it can cause and given pre-hospital care, particularly ambulance based…
