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Summary Background and objectivesHemodialysis resource use—especially water and power, smarter processing and reuse of postdialysis waste, and improved ecosensitive building design, insulation, and…

Study comparing two different treatment options for gastro-oesophagal reflux disease based off of cost and carbon emission.

Key learning point: Switching to the 44 to 1 concentration cans is a relatively easy process at negligible cost and may be a simpler method of reducing concentrate solution storage without…

Case studies from 2016/17 onwards from eight medical and health professional schools in the UK, Brazil and USA. The case studiesrepresent successful integration of sustainable healthcare education,…

A really interesting article looking at the individual contribution of different methods of ‘greening’ strategies in operating theatres. It highlights how changesin anaesthetic gas usage can have…

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…

Resource Description: Duane et al. “Carbon mitigation, patient choice and cost reduction – triple bottom line optimisation for health care planning” Public Health 2014…

This paper proposes an adaptation of the concept of value in healthcare and puts forwarda practical framework for incorporating sustainability into mainstream Quality Improvement methodologies:the…

*Please note: this article is behind a paywall* Abstract The impact of unmitigated climate change upon global health is predicted to be disastrous. However, the very provision of healthcare…

Key learning point "We advocate that every renal unit both in the United Kingdom and throughout Europe considers salvaging reject water as it offers a major opportunity to reduce not only the…