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A case study from Southern Health NHS Foundation trustwhere a quality improvement project led to the introduction of an electric vehicle within an urgent community response service, resulting in…
Considers the use of disposable duodenoscopes to prevent infection due to equipment contamination. Produces potential cost for different hospital settings in the USA.
The study uses Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) to evaluate the carbon footprints of 3 vaginal speculum: a single-use acrylic and two reusable stainless steel. Overall, both types of reusables were found…
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31 May 2022 •
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Donahue LM, Hilton S, Bell SG, Williams BC, Keoleian GA.
Patients receiving enteral feeding in the community require plastics/ancillaries to allow feed to be pumped/bolused via the feeding tube. Multi-use syringes are deemed adequate for use in the…
I am so thrilled to have helped with the Centre for Sustainable Healthcare's first Sustainable Dentistry course.
What a fantastic start to the journeys of our participants: an innovative, excited,…
The carbon footprint of general anaesthetics: A case study in the UK
Xiaocheng Hu, JM Tom Pierce, Tim Taylor, Karyn Morrissey
Resources, Conservation & Recycling167(2021) 105411
Background…
This article addresses the growing concern of the impact of climate change is having on healthcare services. There has been a call for all allied health professionals to prepare and mitigate these…
Here’s the new Education for Sustainable Development Guidance from QAA/Advanced HE to encourage universities in the UK to embed sustainability into all courses from every discipline for teaching,…
Not sure if everyone is aware of the 3 sessions in the Environmentally Sustainable Healthcare programme available on the eLfH website. Key concepts and case studies are given.
Sessions 1 and 2 are…