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Approaches for greening endoscopy and reducing waste
| dc.contributor.author | Neves, João A Cunha | |
| dc.contributor.author | Rodríguez de Santiago, Enrique | |
| dc.contributor.author | Aabakken, Lars | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-02-25T10:31:03Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-02-25T10:31:03Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2023-11-16 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Climate change represents a global crisis and a major menace to the future of the environment and humanity. Notably, the healthcare sector is responsible for 4.4% of the global carbon footprint.1 Nonetheless, direct and indirect emissions from healthcare facilities contribute far less compared with healthcare supply chains (71%). Gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy is ranked third among the highest medical waste producers within a hospital. This is related to the fact that endoscopy is a resource-intensive activity that requires various single-use, plastic predominant consumables. However, the environmental impact of GI endoscopy is yet to be adequately addressed, as we currently still face a lack of interest from most stakeholders. The fact that endoscopy has a significant impact on the global carbon footprint leads to the question: What can we do to turn GI endoscopy into a more sustainable practice? | eng |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.1136/gutjnl-2023-330917 | |
| dc.identifier.eissn | 1468-3288 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0017-5749 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/26809 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.peerreviewed | yes | |
| dc.publisher | BMJ Publishing Group | |
| dc.relation.hasversion | https://gut.bmj.com/content/72/12/2204.long | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | Gut | |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | |
| dc.subject | Clinical decision making | |
| dc.subject | Colonoscopy | |
| dc.subject | Endoscopy | |
| dc.subject | Environmental health | |
| dc.title | Approaches for greening endoscopy and reducing waste | eng |
| dc.type | journal article | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| oaire.citation.endPage | 2206 | |
| oaire.citation.issue | 12 | |
| oaire.citation.startPage | 2204 | |
| oaire.citation.title | Gut | |
| oaire.citation.volume | 72 | |
| oaire.version | http://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85 |
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