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Abstract
The US Environmental Protection Agency Resource Conservation website begins: “Natural resource and energy conservation is achieved by…
Traditional period products are mostly plastic and in our life-time we will use thousands, producing waste which ends up in landfill. By introducing period pants to young people in hospital we support…
RCNresourcesto use in your workplace to raise awareness of appropriate glove use - these include a poster, a leaflet and a selfie board. The resources can be used in any way that fits in with your…
This is an information tool to help people with asthma and their healthcare professionals discuss their options for inhaler devices.
The aiddescribes the different types of inhaler which…
Created on
25 Apr 2019 •
by
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE)
Project completed as part of the Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust Green Team Competition
Setting/Patient Group: Trust-wide
Issue to be addressed:
5% of the carbon footprint of acute…
Created on
13 Apr 2019 •
by
Swarbrick C, Valentine P, Martin F, Ford P and Martin A.
Green Impact is a sustainability accreditation scheme with an audit and awards element designed specifically for dental practices. It’s an international programme, recognised by UNESCO as a global…
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…
Our article published today!"The contribution of anaesthesia to the environmental impact of healthcare is significant and visible, but amenable to change. We believe that this places anaesthetists in…
Created on
28 Mar 2019 •
by
Shelton, C.L., McBain, S.C., Mortimer, F. and White, S.M.
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…