Free CO2 Calculator to Help Hospital Sustainability Managers Track and Reduce Stubborn Supply Chain Emissions by Using Regulated, Reprocessed Single-Use Medical Devices from AMDR Members If the health sector worldwide were a country, they would be the fifth highest greenhouse gas emitting nation on the planet; use of reprocessed devices offers immediately available solution Research from 8 peer reviewed, Life Cycle Assessments (LCAs) powers the calculator; the studies find an average 44% greenhouse gas emissions reduction from use of reprocessed devices compared to their virgin alternatives ..read more

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National Academies of Medicine’s Climate Collaborative Recommends Hospitals Use More FDA Regulated Reprocessed Devices as Strategy to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions [22 May 2023 / Washington, D.C. and Berlin] As part of its Action Collaborative on Decarbonizing the U.S. Health Sector, the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) is recommending the use of reprocessed medical devices as one of several key steps to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in U.S. health systems. NAM encourages health systems to reduce their dependence on single-use plastics, switch from disposable to reusable products, and ..read more

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SCTS is delighted to support the recent launch of the Green surgery checklist supported by the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, Royal College of Surgeons of England and The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow. Please find the link here to the Compendium of Evidence to Support Sustainable Surgery. Click here to download the checklist. The post Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery in Great Britain and Ireland: Green Surgery Checklist appeared first on AMDR | Association of Medical Device Reprocessors ..read more

The health sector accounts for almost 5% of all greenhouse gas emissions worldwide. If it were a country, hospitals and health systems would be the fifth largest emitter, and its greenhouse gas emissions are nearly double those from the entire airline industry. Climate change is a public health issue that threatens all of us. Water and air pollution increase, leading to more chronic respiratory disease, such as asthma. Increased temperatures due to climate change lead to increased ground-level ozone, which cause airway inflammation and damages lung tissue. That hospitals are a leading cause o ..read more