The Biggest and Most Influential Healthcare Exhibition In The Southern Hemisphere
11-12 March 2026 | ICC, Sydney
Dr. Hayden Snow
Surgeon Peter MacCallum Medical Centre
Healthcare 2040 Day One: Wednesday, 19 March 2025
2:10 PM Leading Change in Surgery: Reducing Environmental Impact with Re-Usable Surgical Gowns and Drapes
- Revolutionizing surgical practices with re-usable gowns and drapes, aiming to reduce waste and support environmental sustainability without compromising sterility
- Addressing the environmental responsibility of operating theatres, which generate up to 70% of a hospital's clinical waste and are significantly more energy-intensive than other hospital areas
- Sharing findings from the Peter Mac trial, highlighting an 84% reduction in waste, 83% lower water consumption, and 66% less greenhouse gas emissions with re-usable items
- Encouraging the healthcare sector to adopt sustainable practices by integrating findings from the “Environmentally Sustainable Surgery: A Plea to Act,” underscoring surgery’s role in reducing healthcare’s carbon footprint
2:30 PM Panel discussion | Radical Waste Reduction in Healthcare: Cutting Medical Waste and Promoting Reuse in Clinical Settings
- Identifying opportunities to reduce medical waste through recycling and reuse programs
- Encouraging the adoption of sustainable disposal methods for hazardous and non-hazardous medical waste
- Promoting the reduction of single-use items in hospitals and clinical settings for long-term sustainability
- Addressing the environmental responsibility of operating theatres, which generate up to 70% of a hospital's clinical waste and are significantly more energy-intensive than other hospital areas
- Examining strategies to reduce low-value care in clinical practice, including unnecessary pathology, cannulation, and rationalised radiology, to cut costs and environmental impact
Check out the incredible speaker line-up to see who will be joining Hayden.
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