Greener Operations: Sustainable Peri-Operative Practice Top 10
- How can more sustainable reusable equipment safely be used during and around the time of an operation?
- How can healthcare organisations more sustainably procure (obtain) medicines, equipment and items used during and around the time of an operation?
- How can healthcare professionals who deliver care during and around the time of an operation be encouraged to adopt sustainable actions in practice?
- Can more efficient use of operating theatres and associated practices reduce the environmental impact of operations?
- How can the amount of waste generated during and around the time of an operation be minimised?
- How do we measure and compare the short- and long-term environmental impacts of surgical and non-surgical treatments for the same condition?
- What is the environmental impact of different anaesthetic techniques (e.g., different types of general, regional and local anaesthesia) used for the same operation?
- How should the environmental impact of an operation be weighed against its clinical outcomes and financial costs?
- How can environmental sustainability be incorporated into the organisational management of operating theatres?
- What are the most sustainable forms of effective infection prevention and control used around the time of an operation (e.g., PPE, drapes, clean air ventilation)?