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What's the carbon footprint of anaesthetic gases?
You can use your phone to determine the carbon impact and cost of your chosen anaesthetic agent.
Developed in conjunction with Southampton…
A video, for patients, explaining the different inhaler devices available for use for asthma, who they may be suitable for and environmental considerations.
A video, for patients, explaining why regular treatment with preventer inhalers is so important and why using too much reliever inhalers may mean your asthma is not well controlled.
A link to information on the Fostair Nexthaler plan for clinicians wanting to give patients more resources for better inhaler usage. There are "downloadable resources" on the page - mainly user…
In 2015 the Sustainable Development Unit (SDU) (now known as Greener NHS) in partnership with Environmental Resources Management estimated carbon footprints for the following units of healthcare…
Sometime I feel Entonox is taking over my life! I have spent alot of time over the last year exploring the envirnoment harm it can cause and given pre-hospital care, particularly ambulance based…
This case study was completed as part of the Royal Cornwall Hospitals Green Team Competition from February to July 2022 by the Endoscopy Team.
Team Members:
Anna Betts (Deputy Sister),…
This recent BNMS team award submission details some measures that have improved the environmental sustainability of the Nottingham nuclear medicine service. We hope it's useful!