揭示泌尿病学可持续性的证据:一个范围审查
Habeeb Abdulrasheed1, Ayokunle Adenipekun1, Waleed Elsayed1
1Department of Urology, Heartland Hospital, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
Urology research & practice
|November 5, 2024
概括
减少泌尿病学中的温室气体排放需要一个全面的战略,不仅限于可重复使用的设备. 诸如远程医疗和低排放麻醉等实践显著减少了泌尿外科手术的碳足迹.
科学领域:
- 医疗保健中的环境科学
- 泌尿器科 可持续性 可持续性
- 绿色医疗保健实践 绿色医疗保健实践
背景情况:
- 医疗保健服务,包括泌尿器科,有助于环境影响.
- 温室气体排放是医疗程序的一个重要问题.
- 泌尿器械和手术的环境足迹需要评估.
研究的目的:
- 分析泌尿器科设备和程序对环境的影响.
- 确定减少泌尿病学中温室气体排放的做法.
- 探索泌尿卫生保健服务的可持续解决方案.
主要方法:
- 根据系统性审查和元分析 (PRISMA) 准则的首选报告项目进行了范围审查.
- 搜索的数据库包括MEDLINE,EMBASE和谷歌学者.
- 确定了专注于泌尿外科手术和可持续实践碳足迹的研究.
主要成果:
- 确定了14项研究,其中6项使用生命周期评估来比较一次性和可重复使用的泌尿器械.
- 生命周期评估显示,单次使用设备与可重复使用设备对环境影响的结果各不相同,可重复使用物品的灭菌是碳排放的主要贡献者.
- 八篇文章提出了可持续性措施:日常病例程序,尽量减少低价值护理,无囊镜,流体管理系统,快速响应 (QR) 代码,远程医疗和低排放麻醉剂.
结论:
- 促进医疗保健的可持续性需要一个全面的方法,从制造到处置,包括绝育的碳足迹.
- 实施低排放麻醉剂,用于文档的QR码和远程医疗可以显著减少泌尿病学中的排放.
- 整体战略对于减少泌尿器科服务对环境的影响至关重要.
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