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The key to environmental footprint improvement in healthcare and critical care uses the framework: avoiding, reducing, reusing, and recycling without compromising safe, quality care, with simultaneous…
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19 Jun 2023 •
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Heather Baid, principal lecturer, Eleanor Damm, specialty trainee, Louise Trent, intensive care physician, Forbes McGain, associate dean sustainable healthcare
This Swedish life cycle assessment by Hemberg et al. (2023) compares single-use and reusable central venous catheter insertion kits, including metal, plastic and textiles items. In contrast to a 2012…
This analysis of the impact of the UK government's legislation regarding display of foods high in fat, salt and sugar indicates that the first part of the legislation has created healthier food…
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25 Jul 2023 •
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Muir, S., Dhuria, P., Roe, E., Lawrence, W., Baird, J., Vogel, C.
This project was completed as part of the Northamptonshire 2022 Green Team Competition
Read our sustainability project on the positive impact reducing the administration of unnecessary doses of…
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28 Mar 2023 •
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Leeanne Hardy: Senior Sister, Quality Service and Improvement, Critical Care
Greener by Default are a non-profit consultancy who provide healthcare orgs 'one-on-one consultation, menu analysis, and marketing collateral, all completely free of charge.'
“Greener by Default…
Chris Van Tulleken currently has a radio series on chicken that I could recommend but I think that this apple podcast (available on other platforms) is a good start to the discussion on ultra…
In our latest sharing event, we had a presentation on plastics and the food system from 2 researchers at LSHTM. This is an article they wrote which covers a lot of information on plastic pollution and…
SusQI project completed as part of TheChristie Green Team Competitionfrom September to December 2022.
Setting/Patient Group: Trust-wide
Issue to be addressed:
Surgical list delays and…
This article aims for readers to be able to:
Outline the importance of the biosphere and its constituent parts.
Describe the impact of pollution and climate change on each other and on the…