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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
Launch of a new Healthcare LCA Database, an up-to-date repository of published life cycle assessements within healthcare.
'HealthcareLCA brings together environmental assessments of health systems,…
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…
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18 Oct 2022 •
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Goel, H., Wemyss, T. A., Harris, T., Steinbach, I., Stancliffe, R., Cassels-Brown, A., Thomas, P. B. M., & Thiel, C. L.
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…
*2022 UPDATE - IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR THE UPDATED VERSION OF THIS TOOL FOR 2022 YOU CAN FIND IT HERE:Remote Consultations: Do they reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions? Your Guide to Calculating the Answer…
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…
The study analyses the impact of service provision at different locations on health outcomes, cost of service, carbon emissions and patients and their families.