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Abstract
Climate change represents a major global public health threat. The very provision of healthcare itself has a significant untoward effect on the environment, to which kidney care is likely…
The disposal of waste contributes to the environmental impact of healthcare. Kidney care, and dialysis in particular, produces large amounts of plastic and packaging waste. If explored further, the…
Environmental optimizations in kidney care have been analysed as part of the EU co-funded KitNewCare project.Life Cycle Assessments (LCA) using Ecoinvent database and OpenLCA software quantified…
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August 2025
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Duane, B., Larkin, J., Caiazzo ML., Arenas, MD., Griffin, A., Audije-Gil J., Mortimer, F., Attwell, H., Yasar, A., Martínez, R., Arias-Guillén, M., Gomez, M., Fehintola, A., Steinbach, I., Ortiz, A
ABSTRACT
High-technology medicine saves lives and produces waste; this is the case of dialysis. The increasing amounts of waste products can be biologically dangerous in different ways: some…
A short video introducing the Centre for Sustainable Healthcare'swork in supporting clinical specialties to improve sustainability. This video focuses on initiatives in kidney care, where the approach…
Heath professionals are trusted by the public and therefore in a strong position to speak up about the links between a healthy planet and healthy humans. When individuals speak up together this can…
About the Speaker: Prof Peter Stenvinkel – Prof & Senior Lecturer at the Dept of Renal Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, Karolinska Institutet
Peter Stenvinkel is Professor and Senior…
This resource from Getting it Right First Time (GIRFT) is part of the‘greener’ pathwaysseries. It highlightsthesteps that can be taken by trusts to decarbonise the renal medicine pathway, improving…
