Sustainability within interventional radiology: opportunities and hurdles.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Healthcare is a highly polluting industry and attention to the need for making this sector more sustainable is growing. The interventional radiology (IR) department is a relatively unique department in the hospital because of its synergetic use of both imaging equipment and medical instruments. As a result, the interventional radiology department causes a significant environmental burden in terms of energy usage, waste and water pollution. The aim of this study was to explore the current state of sustainability within IR by conducting a survey and interviews among IR specialists in the Netherlands.

Results

The main findings of this study were that there is a high awareness for the need of sustainability within IR, but that there is still limited action. Previous s

SUBMITTER: de Reeder A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10027964 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature