临床试验和气候变化:在追求进步的同时,发挥我们的作用
Syed Rahman1, Stephen Ryan2, Joseph Kim3
1Department of Urology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
European urology focus
|December 2, 2023
概括
医疗保健部门 医疗保健部门
科学领域:
- 环境科学与公共卫生
背景情况:
- 全球气候危机需要评估医疗保健对环境的影响.
- 可持续的临床研究需要标准化的排放跟踪.
研究的目的:
- 突出了对估计医疗保健排放的标准化方法的需求.
- 促进临床研究中的可持续实践.
主要方法:
- 对医疗保健当前环境影响评估方法的审查.
- 分析现有的排放跟踪框架.
主要成果:
- 目前用于估计医疗保健排放的方法没有标准化.
- 缺乏标准化的进展跟踪阻碍了可持续的临床研究.
结论:
- 标准化排放估计和进度跟踪对于可持续的临床研究至关重要.
- 解决医疗保健对环境的影响至关重要.
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