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A team from Spain have published a method to establish the material composition of commonly used endoscopic accessories and then used life cycle assessment methodology to quantify the carbon footprint…
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April 2023
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López-Muñoz P, Martín-Cabezuelo R, Lorenzo-Zúñiga V, et al
"TheGreen Surgeryreport is best viewed as an evidence base and tool for action but will need ongoing commitment to support implementation, and an exploration of the barriers and incentives to…
Environmentalism in surgical practice. Weiss, A et al. Current Problems in Surgery. April 2016; 53 (4): 165-205
A long article, but worth taking time to read. It provides a really good breakdown of…
New paper looking at the Life Cycle Impact Assessment (LCIA) of all products and processes involved in the manufacture and use of Penthrox. *Not open access
Results:This LCIA found that Penthrox…
Intensive Care Medicine is the journal of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine, which has a My Green ICU collection of articles related to improving the environmental sustainability of…
Podiatrists, as allied health professionals, have wide community engagement, and hence, can model positive
environmental practices, which may be effective in changing wider community behaviours, as…
In this advocacy article from the European Kidney Health Alliance, the authors describe the mutual impact of climate change on kidney health and kidney care on ecology. They propose an array of…
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April 2022
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Raymond Vanholder, John Agar, Marion Braks, Daniel Gallego, Karin G F Gerritsen, Mark Harber, Edita Noruisiene, Jitka Pancirova, Giorgina B Piccoli, Dimitrios Stamatialis, Fokko Wieringa
In this BMJ article Ray Moynihan explores early preparations for a low carbon health system, including setting out 10 goals for greening hospitals and health systems.
*please note: this article is behind a paywall*
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The US Environmental Protection Agency Resource Conservation website begins: “Natural resource and energy conservation is achieved by…
