How green is my reusable bronchoscope?
Authors' conclusion
Considering current practice in our ICU, reusable bronchoscopes have lower GHG emissions when used more than 50 times a year and a lower cost when used more than 96 times a year as compared with single-use bronchoscopes.
Study context
- Population
- 21-bed polyvalent ICU, Saint-Brieuc, Bretagne, France
- Comparison
- Reusable vs single-use bronchoscope
- Outcome
- GHG emissions over the life cycle (construction, packaging, transport, waste elimination)
Methodological detailslife-cycle environmental and financial evaluation, pragmatic, single-centre
- Life-cycle environmental and financial evaluation
- Pragmatic
- Single-centre
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
GHG emissions
Reusable bronchoscope: Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions marginally impacted by number of bronchoscopies (kg eq.CO2 per year, 10 vs 110 bronchoscopies per year)
185 to 192
Reusable device (as printed): GHG emissions directly depended on number of bronchoscopies, kg eq.CO2 emitted per bronchoscopy
3.82
Breakeven point for reusable bronchoscope, GHG emissions (bronchoscopies)
50
Further findings
Cost
- Breakeven point for reusable bronchoscope, financial (bronchoscopies)
- 96
Original publication
How green is my reusable bronchoscope? Anaesth Crit Care Pain Med. Published 30 July 2024. doi:10.
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