Reducing the environmental impact of surgery on a global scale: systematic review and co-prioritization with healthcare workers in 132 countries
An erratum to this article was published (Br J Surg, 9 Nov 2023 ↗)
Authors' conclusion
This is a step toward environmentally sustainable operating environments with actionable interventions applicable to both high- and low-middle-income countries.
Study context
- Population
- Perioperative healthcare professionals and patients; interventions to reduce the environmental impact of operating theatres
- Participants
- 3,042 perioperative professionals
- Outcome
- Prioritized feasible interventions to reduce the environmental impact of operating theatres
Methodological detailsfour-phase Delphi consensus, global consultation of perioperative healthcare professionals, patient and clinician co-prioritization
- Four-phase Delphi consensus
- Global consultation of perioperative healthcare professionals
- Patient and clinician co-prioritization
Recommendations
As reported in the abstract
Prioritized interventions
Interventions identified (phase 1), with low uptake in practice
43
Shortlisted intervention domains (phase 2)
15
Further findings
Patient acceptability (phase 3)
- Interventions acceptable to patients, except reducing GA and re-sterilization of 'single-use' consumables
- more than 90 per cent
- Reducing GA acceptable
- 84 per cent
- Re-sterilization of 'single-use' consumables acceptable
- 86 per cent
Original publication
Reducing the environmental impact of surgery on a global scale: systematic review and co-prioritization with healthcare workers in 132 countries. Br J Surg. Published 20 April 2023. doi:10.
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