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This occasional paper is making the case for using patient-level information and costing systems (PLICS) and service line reporting (SLR) for carbon accounting purposes.
Propellants in metered dose inhalers are powerful greenhouse gases. It is five years since the Climate Change Act (2008) was introduced to ensure that by 2050 the United Kingdom cuts its carbon…
Increasing UV radiation exposure, rising air pollution and warmer drier conditions pose a greater risk to human eye health. Climate change, caused by rising Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions, can…
This paper addresses the imperative to address sustainability and climate change in nurse education. This will be done by outlining the socio-political and policy context and a discussion of a ‘triad’…
The Observatory on the Future of Healthcare in the Australian Institute of Health Innovation has just completed five years of research working to improve how they manage global warming, human health…
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Braithwaite, J., Benson, I., Patel, R., Clay, C., Churruca, K., Coiera, E., Fisher, G., Ellis, L. A., Long, J. C., Naru, F., Pagano, L., Rahimi-Ardabili, H., Rojas, C., Smith, C. L., Spanos, S., Tran, Y., Wijekulasuriya, S. and Zurynski, Y. (2025).
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…
