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It is recognised that health and care systems are undergoing transformative global change to adapt to the needs of patients and communities, with increasing pressure to be financially, socially and environmentally sustainable. Appraising the sustainability of care pathways is seen as a crucial step to enabling a more sustainable health system. To facilitate the completion Continue reading “Appraisal of Environmental Impact of Hospital Activities at ULS de Braga, Portugal”

This case study from Sustainable Healthcare Coalition member, Baxter Healthcare Limited assesses the care pathway impacts of four different scenarios for intravenous antimicrobial therapy administration, including delivery to inpatients and three Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (OPAT) scenarios. The inpatient scenario was found to have significantly higher climate change, water use and waste impacts per patient Continue reading “Environmental Impact of Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy”

Appraising the sustainability of care pathways is seen as a crucial step to enabling health systems undergoing transformative global change to adapt to the needs of patients and communities, with increasing pressure to be financially, socially and environmentally sustainable. To facilitate the completion of care pathway assessments, it is necessary to generate data that characterises Continue reading “Appraisal of Environmental Impact of Hospital Activities at St Joseph’s Healthcare, Hamilton, Canada”

It is recognised that health and care systems are undergoing transformative global change to adapt to the needs of patients and communities, with increasing pressure to be financially, socially and environmentally sustainable. Appraising the sustainability of care pathways is seen as a crucial step to enabling a more sustainable health system. Total Hip Arthroplasty (THA), Continue reading “An environmental impact assessment of Total Hip Arthroplasty (THA) surgery”