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Editorial
. 2021 Jun 7;13(4):342-345.
doi: 10.1136/flgastro-2021-101874. eCollection 2022.

Green endoscopy: using quality improvement to develop sustainable practice

James B Maurice  1 , Andrew Rochford  2 , Sarah Marshall  3 , Shaji Sebastian  4 , Anjan Dhar  5 , Bu'Hussain Hayee  6 ; Green Endoscopy group
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Editorial

Green endoscopy: using quality improvement to develop sustainable practice

James B Maurice et al. Frontline Gastroenterol. .
No abstract available

Keywords: endoscopy; environmental health.

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: JBM reports non-financial support from Norgine, personal fees and non-financial support from Intercept Pharma outside the submitted work. SS reports research grants from Takeda, Pfizer, Tillotts Pharma and AMGEN; speaker fees and or advisory board honoraria fees from Pfizer, Takeda, Tillotts, Pharmacocosmos, Jaansen, AMGEN and Abbvie outside the submitted work. BH reports grants from Fujifilm Europe, other from Ampersand Health, other from Surgease Medical outside the submitted work.

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Figure 1
Figure 1
Process mapping for endoscopy. More sustainable alternatives could be considered at each step and used as a focus for the development of a quality improvement project. DNA, did not attend; GP, general practitioner; NI, non-invasive; PPE, personal protective equipment.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Driver diagram for a ‘green endoscopy’ QIP. This worked example includes more than could be addressed in a single QIP, but illustrates how action points may be generated through considering the drivers for the desired change, based on the core principles of sustainable healthcare. FBD, functional bowel disease; FIT, faecal immunochemical test; GP, general practitioner; QIP, quality improvement project.
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