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Sector review considering the root causes of waste in endoscopy with frameworks for measuring carbon footprints and action steps to handle carbon footprint.
Discussion paper arguing that endoscopy makes a significant contribution to healthcare waste production and emissions. Looks to sustainable healthcare principles as one way to tackle these concerns.
The Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society (ANZICS) have produced this toolkit:
A beginners guide to sustainability in the ICU
There is guidance on these themes for intensive care…
Setting/Patient Group: District General Hospital
Issue to be addressed:
It was observed that many surgical patients had both anti-embolism stockings (AES) and intermittent pneumatic compression…
This article takes a main focus on the current climate and the need for more knowledge while in training. Climate change has a detrimental impact on everyone’s health, significantly impacting the…
Created on
29 Jun 2023 •
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Shannon Y. Vandenberg, Andrea Chircop, Monique Sedgwick, David Scott
This study looks at countries who have calculated their national health systems carbon footprint: UK, America, Australia, China, Japan and highlights opportunities for improved data availability and…
Link to web page. If you have access to Arden’s resources, they have an asthma template and you can find their IIF searches in SystmOne using this support article.
This review looks at how a 20-year-old male grew Rhodotorula muciliginosa (fungal infection) from his peritoneal dialysis fluid on three separate occasions. Peritoneal dialysis-associated peritonitis…
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3 Jul 2023 •
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Victoria Jane Carnall, Stephanie Murdock, Cressida Auckland, Christopher J Mulgrew.
Investigation into Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions at different life cycle points within gastrointestinal biopsies in a surgical pathology context. Aim to identify hotspots of GHG emissions and…
We are launching a green respiratory care and inhaler clinical champion scheme to improve awareness of the potential to reduce the NHS carbon footprint through low carbon inhaler use in both…