Surgical Care Sustainability Network

Publication:Operating room waste management: A case study of primary hip operations at a leading National Health Service hospital in the United Kingdom - Melissa Pegg, Rebecca Rawson, Uchechukwu…

What's the carbon footprint of anaesthetic gases? You can use your phone to determine the carbon impact and cost of your chosen anaesthetic agent. Developed in conjunction with Southampton…

This paper presents the results of theclimate and healthscorecardproject, the first known peer-reviewed study to compare the green credentials of UK health organisations.11 of 25 invited UK health…

Please find a suite of new case study templates and guidance from CSH for all network members to use. We encourage you to share the completed case studies on the networks and more widely. For…

The American Medical Association Journal of Ethics has a special issue about healthcare waste (scroll down to find a number of articles and…

Project completed as part of the Green Surgery Challenge 2021. Setting/Patient Group: 2 hospital sites Issue to be addressed: To reduce the carbon footprint of carpal tunnel release…

Project completed as part of the 2021 Green Surgery Challenge.Setting/Patient Group: Operating theatresIssue to be addressed:Aim to deliver more sustainable surgical care through two…

The study used life cycle assessment (LCA) to estimate the environmental impacts and financial cost of repairing surgical scissors. The functional unit was one use of a reusable surgical scissor, and…

Project completed as part of the 2021 Green Surgery Challenge Setting/Patient Group: Trust-wide Issue to be addressed: To eliminate the second group and save (G&S) blood test in the…

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…