For Week 2 of the "Team Up with Green ED" campaign, we're focusing on nitrous oxide use in the ED.
Nitrous has a huge global warming potential, nearly 300x that of CO2.
This joint…
Some great ideas on how to start turning your ED green in this @RCEMLearning blog by RCEM Environmental Specialist Interest Group (ESIG) member Dr Helen Wilkins, reflecting on her experiences on…
For our first week of "Team Up with GreenED" we're focusing on how to set up a green group in your Emergency Department. This is so vital that it’s action #1 on the GreenED framework. It makes the…
On 10th July we started a 10 week campaign "10 week Team Up with GreenED" with the aim of helping EDs start their sustainability journey.
Each week we're selecting one action from the GreenED…
Has anyone working in pharmacy aseptics services got any examples of sustainability projects that they would be willing to share. And/or any useful resources to signpost to?
Thanks!
Nuala
It's plastic free July, so I thought I'd share some recent information published last month about a particularly awful piece of plastic pollution - disposable e-cigarettes/vapes.
This statement…
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Hi All,
Recently our environmental audit team have come up with a change of procedure and have suggested that all empty plastic/foil blister packs, should be disposed of in the blue sharps bins,…
I'm trying to set up a "Gloves off" campaign locally, and running into a barrier when it comes to CoSHH. 2 of the products we use for disinfection of medical devices and surfaces suggest glove use in…
Plenary talks at the WHO Seventh Ministerial Conference on Environment and Health #7MCEH in Budapest will be broadcast live on the conference website
3rd-5th July.
EuroHealthNet is leading…