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April 25, 2024 session
Association of Medical Device Reprocessors. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ's) Role in Climate Change and Environmental Justice: Suggestions from the Association of Medical Device Reprocessors. December 13, 2021. Submitted to the Federal Register Docket: 2021-22166. https://amdr.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/AMDR-Responses-to-AHRQ-Request-12-13-21-Final.pdf. Accessed April 23, 2024.
Boyle, P. Drugs used in hospitals leave giant carbon footprint. AAMC News. February 29, 2024. Accessed April 23, 2024. https://www.aamc.org/news/drugs-used-hospitals-leave-giant-carbon-footprint
Common greenhouse gas emission sources in health care. Practice Greenhealth. https://practicegreenhealth.org/sites/default/files/Common%20greenhouse%20gass%20emission%20sources%20in%20health%20care%20infographic.png. Accessed April 24, 2024.
Dose of reality: Opioids in Wisconsin. Wisconsin Department of Health Services. https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/opioids/index.htm. Published April 2, 2024. Accessed April 23, 2024.
Ebi KL, Hess JJ. Health Risks Due To Climate Change: Inequity In Causes And Consequences. Health Aff (Millwood). 2020 Dec;39(12):2056-2062. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2020.01125
Eckelman MJ, Huang K, Lagasse R, Senay E, Dubrow R, Sherman JD. Health Care Pollution And Public Health Damage In The United States: An Update. Health Aff (Millwood). 2020 Dec;39(12):2071-2079. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2020.01247
Governor Evers and Advocate Aurora Health join together to promote safe medicine disposal. Milwaukee Courier Weekly Newspaper. August 10, 2019. Accessed April 23, 2024. https://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2019/08/10/governor-evers-and-advocate-aurora-health-join-together-to-promote-safe-medicine-disposal/
Li SJ, Vodicka E, Peterson A, Stergachis A. Translating medicines to patients: A novel methodology for quantifying the global medical supplies and donations program. PLoS One. 2018 Nov 2;13(11):e0206790. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0206790
Nurses’ role in addressing global climate change, climate justice, and health. ANA. https://www.nursingworld.org/practice-policy/nursing-excellence/official-position-statements/id/climate-change/. Published September 14, 2023. Accessed April 23, 2024.
Reuse, donate, or sell. Practice Greenhealth. https://practicegreenhealth.org/topics/waste/reuse-donate-or-sell. Accessed April 23, 2024
Riopell, M. Health care heroes: taking back to give back. health enews. July 20, 2020. Accessed April 23, 2024. https://www.ahchealthenews.com/2020/07/20/health-care-heroes-taking-back-to-give-back/
Sherman JD, McGain F, Lem M, Mortimer F, Jonas WB, MacNeill AJ. Net zero healthcare: a call for clinician action. BMJ. 2021 Sep 20;374:n1323. doi: 10.1136/bmj.n1323
Wan EL, Xie L, Barrett M, Baltodano PA, Rivadeneira AF, Noboa J, Silver M, Zhou R, Cho S, Tam T, Yurter A, Gentry C, Palacios J, Rosson GD, Redett RJ. Global public health impact of recovered supplies from operating rooms: a critical analysis with national implications. World J Surg. 2015 Jan;39(1):29-35. doi: 10.1007/s00268-014-2834-2
Washington AE, Mallon WT, Spisso J. Accelerating climate action through academic health systems: leadership’s call to duty. JAMA. Published online April 17, 2024. doi:10.1001/jama.2024.4967
Why Decarbonizing Matters for the U.S. Health Sector. National Academy of Medicine. https://nam.edu/programs/climate-change-and-human-health/action-collaborative-on-decarbonizing-the-u-s-health-sector/why-decarbonizing-matters-for-the-u-s-health-sector/. Accessed April 24, 2024.