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A multinational survey of health care professionals on the kidney health impacts of climate change and the environmental burden of kidney care was conducted.Most participants reported knowledge gaps…
AbstractBackgroundHaemodialysis treatments generate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions mainly as a result of the equipment, consumables and pharmaceuticals required. An internal audit demonstrated a 33%…
📘 What’s inside this guide?This practical guide outlines how dialysis centres can reduce their environmental impact through actionable and scalable good practices. It includes:🔍 Context &…
Published date
September 2023
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Green Nephrology group of the Francophone Society of Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation (SFNDT)
A pressing need exists for hemodialysis resource usage data based on current-day practice and hemodialysis systems. Accordingly, this study aimed to measure and compare the water and energy…
As climate change and natural resource scarcity escalate, all the while the number of people requiring dialysis increases, there is an urgent need for dialysis facilities that meet care needs while…
We used attributional process-based life-cycle analysis to quantify CO2 equivalent emissions associated with the delivery of Baxter’s HomeChoice automated peritoneal dialysis (APD) and continuous…
We presented this poster last week at the International Forum, highlighting the role of patients in co-design of sustainable kidney care, and the benefits to patient outcomes and experience - as well…
Published date
April 2024
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Mortimer F, Stait C, Stoves J, Mead E, Kanagasundaram NS
Water is a dwindling natural resource and potable water is wrongly considered an unlimited resource. Dialysis, particularly hemodialysis, is a water-hungry treatment that impacts the environment. The…
Published date
April 2023
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Mohamed Ben Hmida, Tahar Mechichi, Giorgina Barbara Piccoli, Mohamed Ksibi
