NEWS & OPINION 46 EWAP DECEMBER 2023 Given these strong and globally held beliefs, ESCRS, ASCRS, AAO, and many other professional ophthalmological societies have collaborated in the global EyeSustain initiative to spearhead initiatives promoting environmental waste reduction in ophthalmic ORs. A new era of sustainable surgery to confront global climate change is beginning, and ophthalmologists around the world are front and center. EWAP References 1. Steenmeijer MA, et al. The environmental impact of the Dutch health-care sector beyond climate change: an input-output analysis. Lancet Planet Health. 2022;6:e949 – e957. 2. Kwakye G, et al. Green surgical practices for health care. Arch Surg. 2011;146:131–136. 3. Eckelman MJ, Sherman J. Environmental impacts of the U.S. health care system and effects on public health. PLoS One. 2016;11:e0157014. 4. Tauber J, et al. Quantification of the cost and potential environmental effects of unused pharmaceutical products in cataract surgery. JAMA Ophthalmol. 2019;137:1156 –1163. 5. Chang DF, Thiel CL. Survey of cataract surgeons’ and nurses’ attitudes toward operating room waste. J Cataract Refract Surg. 2020;46:933 – 940. 6. Chang DF, et al. Survey of ESCRS members’ attitudes toward operating room waste. J Cataract Refract Surg. 2023;49:341– 347. 7. Thiel CL, et al. Cataract surgery and environmental sustainability: Waste and lifecycle assessment of phacoemulsification at a private healthcare facility. J Cataract Refract Surg. 2017;43:1391–1398. 8. Haripriya A, et al. Changing operating room practices: the effect on postoperative endophthalmitis rates following cataract surgery. Br J Ophthalmol. 2023;107:780 – 785. Submission Deadline: 24 March 2024 Visit www.apacrs2024.org/photography for more details APACRS in collaboration with Leica presents the APACRS Photography Competition 2024. All registered delegates and speakers are invited to submit digital photographs in the following categories to win attractive prizes sponsored by Leica. PEOPLE PLacEs naturE mOnOchrOmE thE EyE strEEt Photographs in this catergory must be taken with a Leica camera Photograph by Fam Peyran Grand Prize, APACRS Photography Competition 2023 Singapore
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