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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16 May 2023 •
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López-Muñoz P, Martín-Cabezuelo R, Lorenzo-Zúñiga V, et al
Project completed as part of the 2021 Green Surgery Challenge.
Setting/Patient Group: Operating theatre
Issue to be addressed:
Appendicectomy remains the most performed acute general…
The following document complies with some of the most up-to-date research that has been conducted with regard to nursing and climate change. We have compiled the literature into one document to direct…
A project I did back in 2019/2020 looking at staff attitudes to sustainability at University Hospital Southampton.
Over 1,100 responses.
Mix of scale answer questions with some free text options…
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…
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27 Apr 2023 •
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Mohamed Ben Hmida, Tahar Mechichi, Giorgina Barbara Piccoli, Mohamed Ksibi
Scarcity of water and energy, and legal requirements for discharge of waste and wastewater are forcing hemodialysis facilities to change their approach to a more integrated concept of connecting the…
Hemodialysis wastewater contains high concentrations of ammonia nitrogen and phosphorus. Recovery of these nutrients as soil fertilizers represents an interesting opportunity to ensure a sustainable…
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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19 Apr 2023 •
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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
A collection of case studies to celebrate the first year of Greener Primary Care Wales. Case studies include examples from GP, dental practice, community pharmacies and eye care. Lots of useful…