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This journal details the importance of restoring biodiversity and protecting the health of people by tackling the global temperature rise. It details the importance of nurses and midwives working on…
Within this article, the focus was to look at how climate change impacts the health status of patients, the significant lack of understanding around climate change, and the implications it has on…
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Thierno Diallo, Anouk Bérubé, Martin Roberge, Pierre-Paul Audate, Stephanie Larente-Marcotte, Édith Jobin, Nisrine Moubarak, Laurence Guillaumie , Sophie Dupéré, Anne Guichard, Isabelle, Goupil-Sormany
Environmentalism in surgical practice. Weiss, A et al. Current Problems in Surgery. April 2016; 53 (4): 165-205
A long article, but worth taking time to read. It provides a really good breakdown of…
This study used an audit approach to explore the potential for sustainability in dental practice by measuring the nature and quantity of dental clinical waste, and assessing the feasibility of…
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. (2015) 30 (6): 1018-1027.
Approximately 2 million chronic haemodialysis patients produce over 2 000 000 tons of waste per year that includes about 600 000 tons of…
What provision is there for recycling within your operating theatre?
Abstract: Currently, there are very few provisions for recycling in theatres. We measured the weight of clinical waste for…
The deleterious effects of climate change mean that environmental sustainability is increasingly becoming a moral and economic necessity. Consequently, clinicians will increasingly be called upon to…
