The aim of the project was to reduce linen usage by 30% at the New Victoria Hospital, Glasgow by 31st January 2022.
A PDSA cycle was adopted to determine whether the patient felt comfortable…
The World Congress of Nephrology 2022 is taking place next week in Malaysia and online. The organisers, the International Society of Nephrology (ISN), are keen for environmental sustainability to be…
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With virtual meetings on MS Teams being…
Some of our RDUs are not suitable for central acid, and even those that are will require a business case. Meantime we were hoping to achieve carbon and cost savings through reviewing our acid supplies…
I'd like to see a section in the BNF about carbon footprints of care. Please help achieve this by pushing for it with any contacts you have.
I know that it's not going to be feasible to give exact…
Hi All,
Does anyone know of any research/studies that have looked at how the carbon footprint of tablet medication compares with the carbon footprint of liquid medication?
Many…
Anyone out there with a good idea for reducing the carbon footprint of an element of your kidney care service? The Kidney MedTech Competition offers six prizes, worth £30,000, to accelerate research…
'A number of studies have estimated the carbon footprint of healthcare provision in a variety of contexts, but the emission factors used to account for associated waste vary widely and are not…
Incremental haemodialysis (IHD), in which dialysis dose is adjusted to take into account residual kidney function (RKF) usually by starting dialysis twice rather than thrice weekly, has been…
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…