Assessing the potential climate impact of anaesthetic gases

MPS Andersen, OJ Nielsen… - The Lancet Planetary …, 2023 - thelancet.com
There is increasing concern within the health-care community about the role care delivery
plays in environmental degradation, sparking research into how to reduce pollution from …

The carbon footprint of healthcare settings: a systematic review

L Rodríguez‐Jiménez… - Journal of advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Healthcare systems are responsible for 4%–5% of the emissions of greenhouse gases
worldwide. The Greenhouse Gas Protocol divides carbon emissions into three scopes …

Hydrogen energy future: Advancements in storage technologies and implications for sustainability

Q Hassan, AZ Sameen, HM Salman, M Jaszczur… - Journal of Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
The paper explores the advancements in hydrogen storage technologies and their
implications for sustainability in the context of the hydrogen energy future. As the demand for …

The carbon footprint of hospital diagnostic imaging in Australia

S McAlister, F McGain, M Breth-Petersen… - The Lancet Regional …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Background Pathology testing and diagnostic imaging together contribute 9% of
healthcare's carbon footprint. Whilst the carbon footprint of pathology testing has been …

Action guidance for addressing pollution from inhalational anaesthetics

JA Devlin‐Hegedus, F McGain, RD Harris… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Climate change is a real and accelerating existential danger. Urgent action is required to
halt its progression, and everyone can contribute. Pollution mitigation represents an …

[HTML][HTML] Reducing the environmental footprint of gastrointestinal endoscopy: European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) and European Society of …

ER de Santiago, M Dinis-Ribeiro, H Pohl… - …, 2022 - thieme-connect.com
Climate change and the destruction of ecosystems by human activities are among the
greatest challenges of the 21st century and require urgent action. Health care activities …

Planetary health care: a framework for sustainable health systems

AJ MacNeill, F McGain, JD Sherman - The Lancet Planetary Health, 2021 - thelancet.com
In 2018, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change announced that to restrict global
temperature rise to 1· 5 C, greenhouse gas emissions must decrease 45% by 2030 …

Principles of environmentally‐sustainable anaesthesia: a global consensus statement from the World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists

SM White, CL Shelton, AW Gelb, C Lawson… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The Earth's mean surface temperature is already approximately 1.1° C higher than pre‐
industrial levels. Exceeding a mean 1.5° C rise by 2050 will make global adaptation to the …

Estimating the environmental impact of disposable endoscopic equipment and endoscopes

S Namburar, D von Renteln, J Damianos, L Bradish… - Gut, 2022 - gut.bmj.com
Objective Procedure-intense specialties, such as surgery or endoscopy, are a major
contributor to the impact of the healthcare sector on the environment. We aimed to measure …

Green endoscopy: British Society of Gastroenterology (BSG), Joint Accreditation Group (JAG) and Centre for Sustainable Health (CSH) joint consensus on practical …

S Sebastian, A Dhar, R Baddeley, L Donnelly… - Gut, 2023 - gut.bmj.com
GI endoscopy is highly resource-intensive with a significant contribution to greenhouse gas
(GHG) emissions and waste generation. Sustainable endoscopy in the context of climate …