Professional Challenges: Shaping our Professional Future Session - Organised by the ESR Sustainability Subcommittee

PC 10 - Sustainability in radiology: from theory to practice

March 5, 14:30 - 16:00 CET

5 min
Chairperson's introduction
15 min
Transformation to a green imaging department
15 min
Contrast and water pollution
  1. To understand the impact of contrast media use on the environment.
  2. To learn about potential methods to reduce the discharge of contrast agents.
  3. To learn about the first practical steps to extract contrast media from wastewater.
15 min
Energy: switch it off. But automation or behaviour change? What can we do?
  1. To learn practical solutions to deliver energy savings within and beyond the radiology department.
  2. To appreciate that, whilst tackling the climate crisis as an individual can feel insurmountable, meaningful change is achievable as a coordinated effort.
  3. To understand that psychological barriers, as well as organisational inertia, can impede such efforts, but can be overcome.
15 min
Life-cycle assessment
  1. To name one outcome measure for an environmental life cycle assessment. 2. To list the imaging modality which produces the most carbon pollution within a diagnostic radiology department. 3. To propose one approach to reduce carbon pollution within diagnostic radiology.
25 min
Panel discussion: First steps: where do we begin?