Perspectives on implementing environmentally sustainable practices in cataract surgeries: interviews of administrative and frontline healthcare workers. Journal Abstract - Guideline Central

Perspectives on implementing environmentally sustainable practices in cataract surgeries: interviews of administrative and frontline healthcare workers.

Published: 2025 Dec 29

Authors

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Abstract

Healthcare is responsible for 8.5% of greenhouse gas emission in the United States. Physicians are becoming increasingly concerned about the climate crisis, particularly in the field of ophthalmology where there is a growing body of literature related to sustainability. Although emissions of cataracts surgery, one of the most performed surgical procedures in the world, have been quantified, modifications to practice have yet to be made. This study aims to uplift the perspectives of a diverse set of healthcare workers on implementing environmentally sustainable practices in the cataract surgery setting.

Keywords: Administrative healthcare workers, Change implementation, Environmental sustainability, Frontline healthcare workers, Health system growth, Healthcare policy

Source

BMC health services research

Publication Type

Journal Article

Language

English

PubMed ID

41466272

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