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These slides and video recording are from the Critical Care Susnet Sustainable PPE session focused on gloves, along with the Intensive Care Society Gloves Off posters and implementation guide.
Created on
19 Dec 2023 •
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Graham Pike, Jennie Wilson, Sam Clark, Intensive Care Society
Open access study.
Study objective: To understand whether self-sampling can reduce carbon emissions (CO2e) from the NHS cervical screening programme (NHSCSP) by comparing the carbon footprint ofā¦
Created on
29 Nov 2023 •
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Whittaker M, Davies JC, Sargent A, Sawyer M, Crosbie EJ
Disposable gloves are one of the biggest environmental hotspots in hospital, with more than 100 used per patient per day in intensive care. Despite this usage there are many circumstances where gloveā¦
New paper looking at the Life Cycle Impact Assessment (LCIA) of all products and processes involved in the manufacture and use of Penthrox. *Not open access
Results:This LCIA found that Penthroxā¦
The aim of this study was to explore awareness of green social prescribing amongst pharmacists working in Wales, UK and to identify green prescribing initiatives with which they are involved.
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14 Dec 2023 •
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Phoebe Nicklina, Lloyd Hambridgeb, Jonathan Lloyd Jonesc, Les Bailliea, Louise Hughesa
This short webinar explains what green prescribing is, the impacts of green prescribing on our health and wellbeing and some examples of green prescribing. Also includes a description of a number ofā¦
In our last edition, we explored the meaning behind 20 buzzwords, which are at the forefront of decarbonization efforts in healthcare. šš In this addition, letās dive into the exciting world of theā¦
This is a free online carbon footprint calculator for use in in-centre haemodialysis units. It measures your overall footprint and carbon intensity per patient session, and identifies the greenhouseā¦
Open access article looking at the patient, hospital and environmental cost of unnecessary bloodwork in general surgery inpatients at Vancouver General Hospital.
The article estimates the carbonā¦