{"title":"Environmentally Sustainable Endoscopy Practices","authors":"Mayank Jain","doi":"10.1055/s-0043-1775873","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Climate change affects each and every one of us and has far reaching consequences. As healthcare providers and responsible citizens, it is our duty to make our practices environmentally sustainable. Endoscopy practice involves frequent use of single-use items, resource-heavy decontamination practices, water consumption, patient and staff travel as well as high electricity consumption. The present review highlights the measures that can be taken to reduce the carbon footprint of endoscopy practice. Proper waste management, judicious use of electricity, proper selection of cases for anesthesia and biopsy, and appropriate use of noninvasive tests in practice are discussed in the review.","PeriodicalId":43098,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Digestive Endoscopy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.4000,"publicationDate":"2023-10-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Digestive Endoscopy","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0043-1775873","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"GASTROENTEROLOGY & HEPATOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Abstract Climate change affects each and every one of us and has far reaching consequences. As healthcare providers and responsible citizens, it is our duty to make our practices environmentally sustainable. Endoscopy practice involves frequent use of single-use items, resource-heavy decontamination practices, water consumption, patient and staff travel as well as high electricity consumption. The present review highlights the measures that can be taken to reduce the carbon footprint of endoscopy practice. Proper waste management, judicious use of electricity, proper selection of cases for anesthesia and biopsy, and appropriate use of noninvasive tests in practice are discussed in the review.
期刊介绍：
The Journal of Digestive Endoscopy (JDE) is the official publication of the Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy of India that has over 1500 members. The society comprises of several key clinicians in this field from different parts of the country and has key international speakers in its advisory board. JDE is a double-blinded peer-reviewed, print and online journal publishing quarterly. It focuses on original investigations, reviews, case reports and clinical images as well as key investigations including but not limited to cholangiopancreatography, fluoroscopy, capsule endoscopy etc.
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