Carbon Footprinting for Healthcare

Improving productivity, costs and environmental impact in international eye health services: using the 'eyefficiency' cataract surgical services auditing tool to assess the value of cataract surgical…

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…

The environmental impact factor label database provides information about the environmental impact of laboratory products. The label scores different products based on the environmental impact of…

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…

This study by McGain et al. (2018) carbon footprinted the daily care of 10 patients with septic shock in an Australian intensive care unit in comparison with 10 patients with septic shock in an…

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…

*UPDATED FOR 2022* The calculator has now been updated with the latest GHG emission factors for 2022. If you are estimating the emissions from a project for the year 2021 you can still access the…

SusQI project was completed as part of theLeedsGreen Ward Competition10th January - 25th March by the Patient Environment Action Team (PEAT). Team members: Jemma Robinson - Facilities…

This study looks at countries who have calculated their national health systems carbon footprint: UK, America, Australia, China, Japan and highlights opportunities for improved data availability and…