Hi
Does anyone have any references for the carbon footprint for CTAP please? Our Trust is doing some work on the reducing unnecessary use of CT's for diagnosing pancreatitis in patients with amylase >1000, I'm keen to get them interested in the environmental impact as well as financial.
Hi Debs
there's some work from Australia on modalities generally, and a slightly older pilot from the US specific to (US) abdominal imaging that I'll put the references below, have a look through and see what fits your set up better.
There's also a searchable database of many different healthcare activities with other sources (https://healthcarelca.com/database)
McAlister S, McGain F, Petersen M, Story D, Charlesworth K, Ison G, Barratt A. The carbon footprint of hospital diagnostic imaging in Australia. The Lancet Regional Health-Western Pacific. 2022 Jul 1;24:100459.
Martin M, Mohnke A, Lewis GM, Dunnick NR, Keoleian G, Maturen KE. Environmental impacts of abdominal imaging: A pilot investigation. Journal of the American College of Radiology. 2018 Oct 1;15(10):1385-93.
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