Healthcare Purchasing News: Mission Improcessable – Economy, ecology and efficacy demand a combination of resources and contingencies for all
Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to figure out a strategy in which we can ensure that our hospital is functioning at optimal levels with shelves that are full of clean and
Medical Plastics News: How can we make the medical sector more sustainable?
The pandemic heightened everyone’s awareness of the impact the medical and healthcare sectors have on the environment, and the carbon emissions that arise from single-use items. But often healthcare organisations have conflicting priorities when it
Omnia Health: Greentech solutions propel the medical devices industry
The medical device industry still has a long way to go when it comes to 'going green', but a wave of change is underway with an increasing number of manufacturers shifting towards sustainable and innovative
The White House: Biden-Harris Administration Releases New Guidance to Disclose Climate Impacts in Environmental Reviews
The White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) today released updated Guidance on Consideration of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Climate Change to help Federal agencies better assess and disclose climate impacts as they conduct environmental reviews, delivering more certainty
Annual Review of Public Health: Sustainable and Resilient Health Care in the Face of a Changing Climate
Climate change is a threat multiplier, exacerbating underlying vulnerabilities, worsening human health, and disrupting health systems’ abilities to deliver high-quality continuous care. This review synthesizes the evidence of what the health care sector can do
PLOS ONE: Stakeholder perspectives on scaling up medical device reprocessing: A qualitative study
The United States health care sector is one of the largest polluting industries, which has significant adverse effects on human health. Medical device reprocessing (MDR) is a sustainability solution that has the potential to decrease