Trivia
Implementing lasting changes in the sustainability of interventional radiology is a top-down governance challenge
Warren Clements
Mark the FALSE answer:
A) Green radiology needs leaders to encourage and direct change and these leaders need to be people in senior positions in hospitals who have the capacity to change things.
B) Key performance indicators are needed, publicly available, so that there is a need for accountability for the pollution generated.
C) As a possibility, hospital remuneration could even be tied in to meeting sustainability targets.
D) Advocacy for sustainability in IR is best achieved in numbers through major societies such as the Cardiovascular and Interventional Society of Europe (CIRSE) and the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR)
Sustainability in interventional radiology: are we doing enough to save the environment?
Pey Ling Shum, Hong Kuan Kok, Julian Maingard, Kevin Zhou, Vivienne Van Damme, Christen D. Barras, Lee-Anne Slater, Winston Chong, Ronil V. Chandra, Ashu Jhamb, Mark Brooks and Hamed Asadi
What do you think is the percentage of potentially recyclable material in IR services?
A) 25%
B) 50%
C) 75%
D) 100%
Sustainability in interventional radiology: opportunities and obstacles
Anouk de Reeder, Pim Hendriks, Helena Plug - van der Plas, Dirk Zweers, Philine S. M. van Overbeeke, Joost Gravendeel, Johan W. H. Kruimer, Rutger W. van der Meer and Mark C. Burgmans
Mark the FALSE answer:
A) The second highest source of greenhouse gas emissions in the IR department is the use of single-use medical instruments due to production and delivery
B) On average waste packaging accounts for over half of the total weight of the single-use medical product
C) Interventions to reduce water contamination using contrast media are very complex and expensive.
D) The current state of sustainability in IR departments in practice is unclear in terms of awareness of the subject, actions undertaken and responsibilities.
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