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Environmental Sustainability in the Outpatient Clinic Setting

Year: 2024

Type: review

Abstract: This article will highlight recent efforts published in the medical literature to promote environmental sustainability in the outpatient clinic setting, which are likely to be feasible for health professionals to implement in their own practices. These potential efforts are divided into 3 broad categories: (1) reducing travel to the clinic when feasible, (2) reducing waste production in the clinic, and (3) optimizing the use of high-value diagnostics and therapeutics. As research specifically related to interventions to promote environmental sustainability in outpatient clinics is relatively limited, health professionals are encouraged to continue sharing success stories from their own practice.

Source: Open Forum Infectious Diseases

DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofae586

Authors: Matthew M Sattler, Monica Abdelnour, Virginia R McKay, Jason P Burnham

Institution: Washington University in St. Louis

Language: English

Topic: Healthcare and Environmental Waste Management

Subfield: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDGs: Responsible consumption and production, Good health and well-being

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $4,256