Sustainability Resources for Ophthalmology

EyeSustain's mission is to make healthcare delivery and services in ophthalmology more sustainable—both economically and environmentally.

INTRODUCING EYESUSTAIN

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Sponsoring Societies

A Global Coalition Making an Impact

EyeSustain's member societies span the globe and are all joined by one mission - to make ophthalmic care and surgery more sustainable.

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Take the EyeSustain Surgical Facility Pledge

Join your peers and take the surgical facility pledge to reduce unnecessary ophthalmic surgical waste.

  1. Educate surgeons and surgical staff about sustainability and the impact of O.R. waste
  2. Regularly re-evaluate surgical pack standardization to minimize waste
  3. Use multidose bottles of topical medication and betadine on multiple patients when possible
  4. Assess the necessity for patient gowns and full body draping
  5. Regularly reassess options for reusable versus single-use products and instrumentation
  6. Assess feasibility of alcohol-based surgical scrub for pre-surgical antisepsis
  7. Institute or update recycling strategies
Learn more about the pledge
View the EyeSustain Pledge Wall

Sustainability Topics in Ophthalmology

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Drug Waste

Reduce drug waste to save money and mitigate pollutants.

View Drug Waste

Sustainability in Ophthalmology - What's New

Association between air pollution exposure and diabetic retinopathy among diabetics
ASCRS Annual Meeting Instruction Course – Sustainability in Ophthalmology
CMS Revises Surveyor Infection Control Guidelines
IAPB World Environment Day
Hospitals connect climate change to health and health equity
Sustainability of Jaborandi in the eastern Brazilian Amazon
Register for sustainable ophthalmology webinar, with speakers Barbara Erny, MD, and David Palmer, MD
EyeSustain YES Connect Webinar
A Greener Path for Ophthalmology
ESCRS Mission Zero
Sustainable ophthalmology - Eye care with a vision for climate-smart surgery

Industry Initiatives

See how leaders in ophthalmology are making sustainable impact in their practices and communities.

 

View Industry Initiatives

Public Health Impact of Climate Change

Get the latest resources and news from the Medical Society Consortium on Climate Health.

 

View Health Impacts

Our Leadership

  • David F. Chang, MD , Advisory Board, Chair
  • Gitanjali Baveja, MD , Advisory Board
  • Barbara Erny, MD , Advisory Board
  • Oliver Findl, MD , Advisory Board
  • John Hovanesian, MD , Advisory Board
  • Cathleen McCabe, MD , Advisory Board
  • David Palmer, MD , Advisory Board
  • Jeff Pettey, MD , Advisory Board
  • Alan Robin, MD , Advisory Board
  • Todd Sack, MD , Advisory Board
  • Cassandra Thiel, PhD , Advisory Board
  • Rengaraj Venkatesh, MD , Advisory Board
  • Aakriti Garg Shukla, MD , Editorial Board, Chair
  • Sjoerd Elferink, MD , Editorial Board
  • Darby Miller, MD, MPH ,  Editorial Board