Abbasi’s assertion of “society’s betrayal of children, their health, and our future” and the appalling decline in child health is sobering. The International Network for Epidemiology in Policy (INEP) represents 24 epidemiology societies across the globe and works to tackle policies that have global public [...]
The environmental impacts of healthcare are an important factor that should be considered during health technology assessments. This study aims to summarise the evidence that exists about methods to include environmental impacts in health economic evaluations and health technology assessments.
July 2023 marked the hottest month on record, underscoring the urgent need for action on climate change. The imperative to reduce carbon emissions extends to all sectors, including health care, with it being responsible for 5.5% of global emissions. In decarbonizing health care, although much [...]
Climate change should be incorporated in to educational and training programmes for all health professionals to ensure they are able to urgently adapt and transition our health systems to low carbon and low waste models of care and to become climate resilient. However, the uptake [...]
TO THE EDITOR: Given the recognition by the Journal of the urgent need to achieve “net-zero health care,” it is disappointing that low-carbon management options were not mentioned in the recent review by Mosnaim regarding asthma in adults. Asthma management is a carbon hotspot and an important target [...]
In this article the Methods section of the Abstract was incorrectly given as “Economic costs were calculated alongside a randomised trial using standard cost analysis methodology from a societal perspective. Environmental impacts were calculated using a type of carbon footprinting methodology called process-based life cycle [...]
Pharmaceuticals account for 19–32% of healthcare greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Paracetamol is a common perioperative analgesic agent. We estimated GHG emissions associated with i.v. and oral formulations of paracetamol used in the perioperative period. Life-cycle assessment of GHG emissions (expressed as carbon dioxide equivalents CO2e) [...]
Health care is a major contributor to climate change, and critical care is one of the sector’s highest carbon emitters. Health economic evaluations form an important component of critical care and may be useful in identifying economically efficient and environmentally sustainable strategies. The purpose of [...]
Correction: Intensive Care Medicine https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-023-07256-9 The original article has been corrected. The Authors apologize for the mistake. In the second paragraph of the second page, the first sentence “When using chemical sterilisation, such as ethyleneoxide gas or glutaraldehyde solution for bronchoscopes, reusable equipment will typically always [...]
In Australia, sterile gowns are considered an essential component of aseptic technique for all neuraxial procedures. However, guidelines from professional societies vary worldwide, and the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists' (ANZCA) guidelines are the oldest currently in use. In the USA, Canada and [...]