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My Green Lab Accreditation - Pathology network

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17 Mar 2024
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Rajeka Lazarus
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…
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Low value biochemistry tests

Created on
7 Feb 2024
by
Frances Mortimer
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…
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Diagnostic Stewardship and laboratory Sustainability

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7 Dec 2023
by
Rob Shorten
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…
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Serum protein capillary vs gel electrophoresis

Created on
30 Nov 2023
by
Andre Mattman
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…
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Call for Welsh Sustainable Ophthalmology Scholar

Created on
15 Nov 2023
by
Ben Whittaker
As part of CSH’s Sustainable Specialties programme, we have a part-time role for a Sustainable Ophthalmology Scholar. Scholars get online training and supervision to deliver a sustainability change…
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Catch up on the SEE Summit about sustainability in eyecare

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30 Oct 2023
by
Antonia Chitty
Topics covered in the SEE Summit included: Sustainability in the NHS Procurement in practice – how one large group is buying more sustainably Energy and Estates – how to become more…
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Research in Clinical Lab sustainability

Created on
26 Oct 2023
by
Sheri Scott
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…
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Participation in the LEAF pilot

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9 Aug 2023
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Rob Shorten
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…
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Indexor - Greener approach to Blood Samples

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20 Jun 2023
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Tracey Townley
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…
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is there sufficient work on SF6?

Created on
15 Jun 2023
by
Mike Tomson
I'm from a primary care background and involved with CSH in various ways so I'm out of my depth in this forum I think. I relatively recently had planned retinal surgery. My surgeon suggested using…