This session aims frame ideas that are important to the aims and focusses of the newly formed ESR Sustainability Subcommittee, focussing on the environmental impact of radiology, what we can do to mitigate it, and the challenges climate change might present for radiology.
Chairperson's introduction
Sarah Lucy Sheard, London / United Kingdom
Introducing a green accreditation scheme for radiology departments
Radiology preparedness for extreme environmental events
Kate Hanneman, Toronto / Canada
Sustainability criteria for purchasing medical imaging devices: MEPA/COCIR
Riccardo Corridori, Bruxelles / Belgium
Cleaning up our act: reducing water pollution from imaging
Heleen Dekker, Nijmegen / Netherlands
Panel discussion: What are the first steps radiology departments can take to improve sustainability?