Environmental Hotspots
Cross-source consensus on Environmental Hotspots from 1 sources and 5 claims.
1 sources · 5 claims
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- The three dominant carbon contributors were disposable utensils, implants, and sterilisation of non-disposable utensils. — Environmental impact of total hip replacements: a life cycle assessment study
- Environmental improvement efforts for THR should focus on disposable utensils, implants, and sterilisation. — Environmental impact of total hip replacements: a life cycle assessment study
- Across non-carbon midpoint categories, disposables, implants, and sterilisation usually dominated. — Environmental impact of total hip replacements: a life cycle assessment study
- Hospital infrastructure, operating theatre energy use, and non-disposable utensils generally contributed comparatively little. — Environmental impact of total hip replacements: a life cycle assessment study
- Sustainability efforts should maintain patient safety and treatment quality while targeting disposables, implant production and recycling, and energy-intensive sterilisation. — Environmental impact of total hip replacements: a life cycle assessment study