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EU Mercury Regulation | Implementation tracker

Publications

 

Towards PVC-free healthcare: Reducing environmental impact and exposure to harmful chemicals (05/2023)

 

 

Reducing plastic in healthcare | Best practice (06/2022)

 

 

 

 Report | The role of chemistry in sustainable medical textiles (12/2021)

 

 
 

Procurement criteria | European healthcare’s phase-out list for chemicals of concern (11/2021)
Available in English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, and Portuguese. 

 

Report | Measuring and reducing plastics in the healthcare sector (09/2021)

Disponible en español [ES]
Disponible en français [FR]
Beschikbaar in het nederlands [NL]
Disponível em português [PT] (brasileiro)

 

Sustainable food contact materials in healthcareFactsheet | Sustainable food contact materials in the European healthcare sector (07/2021)

Disponible en español [ES]
Disponible en francais [FR]
Beschikbaar in het nederlands [NL]
Disponível em português [PT]

 

Report | Promoting safer disinfectants in the healthcare sector (11/2020)





Report (2nd edition) | Non-toxic healthcare: Alternatives to phthalates and bisphenol A in medical devices 
(12/2019)





Report | Strategic procurement in European healthcare (12/2019)

Disponible en español [ES]




Brief | Setting sustainability criteria in healthcare tenders (03/2019)






Factsheet | Guidelines for the procurement of safer medical devices (12/2018)






Factsheet | Moving towards a phase-out of dental amalgam in Europe (12/2018)


 



Factsheet | Reducing the carbon footprint of healthcare through sustainable procurement (09/2018)





Report | Current practices for the procurement of medical devices in Moroccan hospitals (07/2018) 

Disponible en français [FR]



Brochure | Dental Amalgam in the EU: Heading towards a phase out? (12/2017)






Factsheet | Medical Devices Regulation: An engine for substitution? (12/2017)






Workshop report | Can the Medical Devices Regulation be an engine for for substitution? (06/11/2017)





Report | Non-toxic healthcare: Alternatives to phthalates and bisphenol A in medical devices (31/12/2014)





Factsheet | Sustainable public procurement in European healthcare (12/2014)






Factsheet | Endocrine distruptors in the healthcare sector: Are there reasons for concern? (10/2013)








Factsheet | Mercury free 2020 (10/2013)






Factsheet | Q&A Phasing out mercury thermometers and blood pressure devices (01/2013)





Report | Toward the Tipping Point: WHO-HCWH global initiative to substitute mercury-based medical devices in healthcare (02/06/2010) [Co-published with the WHO]




Guide | Choosing safer products and chemicals: Implementing chemicals policy in healthcare (05/2008)




Older resources can be found in the resource archive.


Webinars and Podcasts


Infographics

Infographic | Sustainable waste management - A guide for the healthcare sector (02/2022)

 

 

Infographic | Towards Mercury-Free Dentistry in Europe (11/2019)


Infographic | Mercury: A major environmental and public health concern (07/2016)


 
Infographic | Non-toxic healthcare: Reducing risks with safer alternatives (07/2016)


Other resources