Postgraduate Programme 'Fetal Maternal Medicine' Medical School, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
European Student Think Tank, Public Health and Policy Working Group, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Int J Health Plann Manage. 2022 Sep;37(5):2992-2996. doi: 10.1002/hpm.3493. Epub 2022 May 7.
The climate crisis has increased the burden of obstetrical care due to the negative impact of environmental disruption on the health of pregnant women, new mothers, foetuses and neonates. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the ecological footprint of obstetrical care has significantly increased due to the use of personal protective equipment and the provision of large-scale testing and vaccination of pregnant women and healthcare personnel against COVID-19. The situation calls for coordinated action to make obstetrics more resource efficient. To achieve this goal, obstetricians need to rationalise the use of electricity, water, paper and plastic, adopt green surgical practices and integrate environmental sustainability in their working culture and personal life at large. The present article discusses the main sources of environmental pollution in obstetrical care and proposes evidence-based solutions.
气候危机增加了产科护理的负担，因为环境破坏对孕妇、新妈妈、胎儿和新生儿的健康产生了负面影响。在 COVID-19 大流行期间，由于个人防护设备的使用以及对孕妇和医护人员进行大规模 COVID-19 检测和疫苗接种，产科护理的生态足迹显著增加。这种情况需要协调行动，使产科更具资源效率。为了实现这一目标，产科医生需要合理使用电力、水、纸张和塑料，采用绿色手术实践，并将环境可持续性纳入其工作文化和个人生活中。本文讨论了产科护理中主要的环境污染来源，并提出了基于证据的解决方案。
