Selected publications
Rizan C, Lillywhite R, Reed M, Bhutta MF. Minimising carbon footprint and financial costs of steam sterilisation and packaging reusable surgical instruments. British Journal of Surgery. 2021. Published online ahead of print (available at: https://academic.oup.com/bjs/advance-article/doi/10.1093/bjs/znab406/6445122) PMID: 34849606
Rizan C, Bhutta MF. Environmental impact and life cycle financial cost of hybrid (reusable/ single-use) instruments versus single-use equivalents in laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Surgical Endoscopy. Published online ahead of print (available at: https://rdcu.be/cyAMF) PMID: 34559257
Rizan C, Bhutta MF. A strategy for net zero carbon surgery. British Journal of Surgery *Available online ahead of print. Doi: 10.1093/bjs/znab130. Read it here >
Rizan C, Reed M, Bhutta MF. Environmental impact of Personal Protective Equipment supplied to health and social care services in England in the first six months of the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine. 2021;114(5):250-263. PMID: 33726611. doi.org/10.1177/01410768211001583. Read it here >
Rizan C, Bhutta MF, Reed M, Lillywhite R. The carbon footprint of waste streams in a UK hospital. Journal of Cleaner Production. 2021;286:125446. Doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.125446. doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.125446. Read it here >
Rizan C, Steinbach I, Nicholson R, Lillywhite R, Reed M, Bhutta MF. The carbon footprint of operating theatres: a systematic review. Annals of Surgery. In press
Rizan C, Mortimer F, Stancliffe R, Bhutta MF. Plastics in healthcare: time for a re-evaluation. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine. 2020;113(2):49-53.
Rizan C, Reed M, Mortimer F, Jones A, Stancliffe R, Bhutta MF. Using surgical sustainability principles to improve planetary health and optimise surgical services following COVID-19. The Bulletin. 2020; 102(5):177-181
Rizan C, Montgomery J, Ramage C, Welch J, Dewhurst G. Why are UK junior doctors taking time out of training? Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine. 2019;112(5):192-199.
Rizan C, Das P, Low R, Harden S, Flaherty B, Welland T, Bhutta MF. A streamlined pathway for patients with unilateral tinnitus: our experience of 22 patients. Clinical Otolaryngology. 2018; 44(2): 191-196.