Hi Helen,

Following your request I've attached a Word document with our questions around the environmental impact of technologies.

The intention is not that they're used en masse with every question applicable to every technology but more as a prompt or check list of considerations that may start a discussion. Some aspects will be more relevant to labs than others. I'm sure you'll have thought through some of these issues already but there may be some more detail here that's helpful.

Best wishes for a nice weekend.

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Hi Chris, David,

On the environmental theme CEP are trying to highlight the key environmental and sustainability issues for technologies under consideration in our reports. We're describing how these issues should be considered and any significant environmental impacts minimised. For future market reviews in buyer's guides we've developed a list of questions for manufacturers the answers to which will be presented in a comparative table. We appreciate that the industry has only just begun to think about these things but we feel that asking the questions and presenting the evidence comparatively should act as a lever for improvement. We have seen this work with the analyser monitoring programme. Manufacturers dislike being ranked below their competitors and raise their game accordingly.

We're also working on a project on energy use of medical devices which will include a protocol or tool for working out energy consumption and energy costs.

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Katie Garner
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From: Clinical biochemistry discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of David Burgess
Sent: 13 May 2008 12:28
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Subject: CPA and the Environmentally-responsible Laboratory

Dear Chris,
Though not completely relevant to your theme, may I say, I've been wondering when environmental issues would become important to lab analysis. Obviously, labs have improved out of sight in this regard. I was struck by this fact when I attempted to resurrect an old AA1 hydroxyproline assay years ago. Before I could set a baseline, I had already pumped a Winchester of iso-propyl alcohol to waste! Labs are safer and cleaner than they ever were. However, environmental considerations don't find history very relevant apart from thinking that the approach in the past was just short of criminal.
Now there are energy consumption, water consumption and waste disposal issues to consider. For what it's worth, I don't think many analyses can match dry-chemistry in these areas. One must consider the same parameters at the manufacturing end and I don't know how relatively environmentally friendly dry chemistry production is. Manufacturers should address these issues as they undoubtedly impact on the true cost of the work we do, I await replies to your string, Regards, David

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