The thoracic surgery patient’s journey through the hospital – a pilot project on resource consumption and potentials for sustainability
In-hospital patient care is resource intensive. Disposable products outnumbered reusable products at every stage of the patient's journey and were mostly packaged in materials containing plastic. For the majority of products, no information concerning their environmental impact was accessible hampering informed purchasing choices by clinicians. Further efforts are essential to make environmental data available, leverage circular-economy systems, and ultimately decrease the environmental impacts of the healthcare sector.
Authors
- Jan Wilhelm Spillner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9759-1892)
- Julia Schuler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-5476-8742)
- Sebastian Ziemann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4485-6030)
- Julia Wallqvist (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4930-3144)
- Sebastian Kalverkamp (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5357-759X)
- Rose Nangah Mankaa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0925-1274)
- Linda Grüßer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1274-5611)
- Marzia Traverso (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8848-6292)
- W Khader (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1535-6651)
- Lena Katharina Knüvener (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-7920-5013)
Institutions
- Universitätsklinikum Aachen (DE)
- RWTH Aachen University (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Langenbeck s Archives of Surgery
- Published
- 2025-07-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00423-025-03782-w
- Primary Topic
- Climate Change and Health Impacts
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- RWTH Aachen University
- Medizinische Fakultät, RWTH Aachen University