Are there any haematologists interested in sustainable healthcare who would like to connect up with others internationally? We've been approached by international partners looking for UK…
Dear colleagues,
We are currently trying out a boot reuse pilot scheme - feasibility, problems for clinicians, etc. and working with some physio teams but need more involved. We are working with…
Hello, NHS England have agreed to fund My Green Lab accreditation for the labs within our pathology network (I think it is West of England). Not sure whether this is a national offer but worth…
TheCanadian Society of Clinical Chemistshas released the followingten new recommendations of tests, treatments or procedures to question in clinical biochemistry:
Don’t order HFE-related…
Orthopaedics and MSK departments use a lot of these boots annually. The majority of the boot is hard plastic and some is foam/fabric material. All of these are binned at the end of their use and I…
Here are three posters that the microbiology team at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals presented at the Federation of Infection Societies (FIS) in Edinburgh last month. We can reduce the carbon footprint…
I am planning to change our laboratory to capillary electrophoresis from gel electrophoresis. Are any members aware of an assessment of the impact of this change on the environmental footprint? I…
Hi All
Just wanted to draw your attention to a newly published study linking lab sustainability, carbon emissions and sample error rates.
I hope to see more studies like this in the…
Pathology testing underpins all of healthcare. All patients are tested; from swabs to diagnose COVID, to bloods in community to monitor diabetes, and tests to diagnose the acutely unwell in ED and…
This is a new inititative - introducing the use of Indexor into Pathology Sample Reception for GP (Primary Care) activity. It's great at fast tracking blood samples throught the laboratory using ICE…