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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,…
This is a practical tool for those involved in commissioning or building a new dialysis unit, or retrofitting an existing unit, to help with including sustainable features in the design.
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Read our co-authored paper on the Imperative for reducing the environmental impact of clinical laboratories.
Abstract:Clinical laboratories are significant contributors to the environmental burden…
In 2015 the Sustainable Development Unit (SDU) (now known as Greener NHS) in partnership with Environmental Resources Management estimated carbon footprints for the following units of healthcare…
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
This journal article describes the author's experience of taking a diverse group of nursing students to a farm where they were shown the interconnections of healthy soil, quality food, and human…
Abstract: Reusing hemodialysis wastewater (HWW) is more difficult due to its higher conductivity (salinity) and the need for an iterative RO or adsorption process. It can therefore be challenging and…
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8 Aug 2022 •
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Jallouli, S., Chouchene, K., Ben Hmida, M., & Ksibi, M.
This article provides an overview of intensive care environmental sustainability with a nice summary figure of recommendations to focus on for reducing the carbon footprint of ICUs and 'getting our…