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Oral Health Carbon Calculator
To support more sustainable practice, researchers and professionals have developed practical tools to measure and monitor environmental impacts within dentistry. Life cycle assessment methodologies and hybrid carbon accounting approaches now allow practices to estimate emissions linked to travel, procurement, waste, water and energy use
Tool
Central Delivery System Case Study
A case study of plastic waste diversion in dialysis by switching to a central acid delivery system.
Case Study
Sustainable Kidney Care Infographic
An introduction to ten environmentally sustainable opportunities in kidney care.
Infographic

Sustainable Kidney Care
This playbook is intended for all kidney health professionals and advocates. Patients, technicians, nurses, dieticians, pharmacists, administrators, nephrologists and industry partners all have important roles to play in providing quality kidney care while mitigating the impact of climate change and fostering responsible resource use. The playbook intends to: 1.Inform of the reciprocal relationship between climate change and kidney health. 2.Provide knowledge and tools to guide implementation and practice of environmentally sustainable kidney care (ESKC). 3.Inspire action using examples from Canadian settings and practitioners of ESKC.
Playbook

Environmentally Sustainable Kidney Care: An Introduction for Nephrology Trainees
The CSN Sustainable Nephrology Committee (SNAP) created a pre-recorded lecture focusing on environmentally sustainable kidney care and climate change. The goal of this lecture is to increase awareness amongst nephrology practitioners of the effects of climate change on kidney care, resiliency and adaptation measures, and how we can become involved from an education as well as quality improvement standpoint. Speakers include: Dr Caroline Stigant (Victoria, BC), Dr Neil Finkle (Halifax, Nova Scotia), Dr Tamara Glavinovic (Ottawa, Ontario), Dr Blake Sandery (BC Childrens), Dr Yohanna (Hamilton, Ontario).
Video

Canadian Society of Nephrology’s Sustainable Nephrology Action Planning (‘SNAP’)
The SNAP committee is comprised of a country-wide group of providers dedicated to aligning kidney care with planetary health principles, thereby advancing patient care within a framework of environmental sustainability.
Website
Mitigating the environmental impacts of anesthetic gases in healthcare (Alpamys Issanov, UBC Sustainability Scholar)
The purpose of this research project was to explore existing anesthetic gas emissions reduction initiatives, to understand contributions of anesthetic gas emissions across four health organizations in British Columbia, and to prioritize the action needed to reduce their impact.
Report
Guidelines to the Practice of Anesthesia: Revised Edition 2023 (see Section 10: Guidelines for Environmental Sustainability; p. 20) (Canadian Anesthesiologists’ Society)
These Guidelines are intended to apply to all anesthesiologists in Canada. The independent practice of anesthesia is a specialized field of medicine, and as such, it should be practiced by physicians with appropriate training in anesthesia.
Guide
Reducing the Environmental Impact of the Radiology Department at CHU Sainte-Justine
An informative poster for reducing the environmental impact of medical imaging.
Infographic

Climate Change and Health: The Role of Radiology
This webinar features the Canadian Coalition for Green Health Care, PEACH Health Ontario, and CASCADES welcoming Dr. Maura Brown, MD, FRCPC, who discusses sustainable radiology in health care. The session reviews planetary health, explores sustainable choices in radiology departments, and highlights the role of health care leaders in climate advocacy. Myles Sergeant, PEng., MD, introduces sustainability criteria in procurement RFPs.
Webinar