Green endoscopy: British Society of Gastroenterology (BSG), Joint Accreditation Group (JAG) and Centre for Sustainable Health (CSH) joint consensus on practical measures for environmental sustainability in endoscopy.

Sebastian, Shaji; Dhar, Anjan; Baddeley, Robin; Donnelly, Leigh; Haddock, Rosemary; Arasaradnam, Ramesh; Coulter, Archibald; Disney, Benjamin; Griffiths, Helen; Healey, Christopher; Hillson, Rosie; Steinbach, Ingeborg; Marshall, Sarah; Rajendran, Arun; Rochford, A.; Thomas‐Gibson, Siwan; Siddhi, Sandeep; Stableforth, William; Wesley, Emma; Brett, Bernard; J. Morris, Allan; Douds, Andrew; Coleman, Mark; Veitch, Andrew; Hayee, Bu

doi:10.1136/gutjnl-2022-328460

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Green endoscopy: British Society of Gastroenterology (BSG), Joint Accreditation Group (JAG) and Centre for Sustainable Health (CSH) joint consensus on practical measures for environmental sustainability in endoscopy.

Published in Gut • Jan 1, 2022

Authors:

Shaji Sebastian

Anjan Dhar

Robin Baddeley

Abstract

GI endoscopy is highly resource-intensive with a significant contribution to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and waste generation. Sustainable endoscopy in the context of climate change is now the focus of mainstream discussions between endoscopy providers, units and professional societies. In additi...

Subject

Accreditation

Endoscopy

Sustainability

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