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Inhaler switching on Radio 4!

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22 Jan 2022
by
Jennifer Nixon
This week's "Inside Health" on BBC Radio 4 devoted half the programme to the climate impact of MDI inhalers, and the potental benefits (envrinomental and clinical) of switching inhalers. A great…
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First steps to SusQI - A simple Sustainability Audit

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7 Jan 2022
by
Sarah Walpole
Whatdo we wantyoutodo? Wewillprovideyouwitha questionnaireforyoutoundertakewithatleast20patientsinyourhospital. The questionnaire isan'inhaler…
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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
by
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
by
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
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?

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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

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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…