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Green Endoscopy Edition of TIGE

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13 Dec 2021
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Robin Baddeley
Those of you wanting to learn more on the topic of sustainable endoscopy should read a recent edition of the journalTechniques in Gastrointestinal Endoscopywhich isparticularly focussed on…
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Update on Green Endoscopy (Lancet Gastroenterology and Hepatology)

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13 Dec 2021
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Robin Baddeley
Do have a gander at a recent commentary piece we wrote for the Lancet Gastroenterology and Hepatology on the topic of sustainable endoscopy. It provides an update on the field of Green Endoscopy on…
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International conference: Community Nursing Towards Sustainable Health

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10 Dec 2021
by
Sue Campbell
International conference: Community Nursing Towards Sustainable Health Linnaeus University, Växjö, Sweden - June 21-22, 2022 Call for abstracts closes 7 January 2022.…
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Widely adopted pre-eclampsia test has additional environmental benefits

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16 Nov 2021
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Jacqueline Cutting
Summary Routine use of a blood test to rule out pre-eclampsia which is keeping thousands of pregnant women safe and out of hospital, as well as reducing NHS costs, has carbon reduction…
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Before/after intervention study to determine impact on life-cycle carbon footprint of converting from single-use to reusable sharps containers in 40 UK NHS trusts

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22 Oct 2021
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Jacqueline Cutting
Carbon footprint of single-use &reusable sharps This open access BMJ article investigates the carbon footprint of converting fromsingle-useto reusable sharps containers in 40 UK NHS trusts. The…
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mhTV episode on Nursing and Sustainability

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17 Sep 2021
by
Siobhan Parslow-Williams
If you missed it, you can now watch thisepisode on Sustainabilty in Healthcare on mhTV; featuring Heather Baid, Anna Fuhrmann and myself withNicky Lambert and Vanessa Gilmartin Garrity. Its also…
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CFMS HEART: NATIONAL REPORT ON PLANETARY HEALTH EDUCATION 2021

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13 Sep 2021
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Heather Baid
The Canadian Federation of Medical Students Health and Environment Adaptive Reponse Task Force recently released this report: CFMS HEART: National Report on Planetary Health Education…
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Climate Change Urgency and Action webinar series

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8 Sep 2021
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Heather Baid
The Intensive Care Society has a fantastic lineup of speakers for a weekly lunchtime (one hour) webinar series called Climate Change Urgency and…
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Oxygen waste

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27 Jul 2021
by
Heather Baid
Here’s a very short but useful article about oxygen waste from turning the flow all the way up to the top (past 15 l/min) which is commonly done: Arora, N. et al. 2021. Delivery of oxygen by…
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BACCN position statement on environmental sustainability

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1 Jul 2021
by
Heather Baid
The British Association of Critical Care Nurses (BACCN) have released a position statement on environmental sustainability, recognising that the climate emergency is a health…