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Dialysis units can make big carbon and £ savings by slimming down their use of dialysis consumables. This guide suggests how you can spot opportunities and measure savings. It's easy!
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Presentation from the Cost Saving Strategies in Renal Medicine conference on 1 December 2011. Describes a number of recent cost saving green projects from the Green Nephrology Network (many thanks to…
This second year SSC allowed students to form groups and work on a project to communicate health and sustainability issues to a specific population of their choice.
These examples are from groups…
To reduce the burden to the environment during transportation of diasylate, East Kent University Hospital trust contacted the manufacturer to developed increased concentration of dialysate fluid which…
The Renal Unit produces huge amounts of waste plastic and cardboard during its clinical activities. In order to recycle this waste the Trust installed two new pieces of equipment. A cardboard…
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1 Mar 2011 •
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James Dixon, Trust Waste Officer (and Chair of Sustainability Working Group), Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
The dialysis unit was previously supplied with 6 litre plastic cans of dialysate acid solution through weekly orders. These were delivered on pallets and could not be stacked to save on storage…
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14 Feb 2011 •
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Andrew Owen, Chief Renal Technologist, Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Within NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (GGC) 505 people attend our chronic hospital haemodialysis programme equating to 78,780 resource intensive treatments per year in six renal dialysis units (RDUs).…
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3 Jan 2011 •
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Tara Collidge, Consultant Renal Physician, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde