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Dialysis acid greener options

Created on
12 Jan 2022
by
Eleanor Murray
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…
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First steps to SusQI - A simple Sustainability Audit

Created on
7 Jan 2022
by
Sarah Walpole
Whatdo we wantyoutodo? Wewillprovideyouwitha questionnaireforyoutoundertakewithatleast20patientsinyourhospital. The questionnaire isan'inhaler…
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£25,000 prize in kidney care competition: opportunity for a low carbon initiative?

Created on
25 Nov 2021
by
Catherine Floyd
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…
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Incremental HD

Created on
24 Nov 2021
by
Eleanor Murray
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…
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Kidney network and education

Created on
20 Oct 2021
by
Frances Mortimer
I'm co-leading the "Action Learning and Education" workstream of the new UKKA Sustainable Kidney Care committee, together with Mark Harber (nephrologist in London). We're looking for a few volunteers…
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Sustainable Kidney Care Committee

Created on
4 Oct 2021
by
Frances Mortimer
CSH is excited to announce we have restarted our great work on sustainable kidney care, in partnership with the UK Kidney Association (UKKA) and the Sustainable Healthcare Coalition. Originally named…
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CFMS HEART: NATIONAL REPORT ON PLANETARY HEALTH EDUCATION 2021

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13 Sep 2021
by
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
by
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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A Simple Sustainability Audit - would you like to join us?

Created on
21 Aug 2021
by
Sarah Walpole
Dear Colleague, We are organising a national audit sustainable respiratory care project and we would like to invite you to collaborate. All of the information is in the attached pdf project plan…
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Oxygen waste

Created on
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…