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I am a 4th year Industrial Design Student currently writing a research dissertation entitled "Investigation of the potential for Environmental Sustainability in Medical Products used in Hospitals"
When I started looking into this topic I thought that there would be people investigating similar topics as this is an area that has great potential for improvement.
Unfortunately there does not seem to be much interest from industry bodies, which means very little has been published. Clearly the problems of cost and safety, particularly the perception of safety are significant barriers.
From what I have been able to gather even EU standards relating to medical products (WEEE & RoHS) will probably not come into force for a decade, if then.
The main area I have found real information on is Single Use Devices (SUDs) through the Health Care Without Harm website.
However if anyone knows of areas which have potential for improvement and particularly ones with source material I would very much appreciate it.
Thanks,
Michael
When I started looking into this topic I thought that there would be people investigating similar topics as this is an area that has great potential for improvement.
Unfortunately there does not seem to be much interest from industry bodies, which means very little has been published. Clearly the problems of cost and safety, particularly the perception of safety are significant barriers.
From what I have been able to gather even EU standards relating to medical products (WEEE & RoHS) will probably not come into force for a decade, if then.
The main area I have found real information on is Single Use Devices (SUDs) through the Health Care Without Harm website.
However if anyone knows of areas which have potential for improvement and particularly ones with source material I would very much appreciate it.
Thanks,
Michael