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Intercollegiate Green Theatre Checklist: Implementation survey

Created on
11 Apr 2024
by
Jessie Frost
This survey has been designed for completion bystaff who work in theatres in the UK, and is being conducted to understand if and how the Green Theatre Checklist is currently being implemented, and to…
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CASCADES Publishes Sustainable Occupational Therapy Playbook

Created on
25 Mar 2024
by
Ben Whittaker
CASCADES (Creating a Sustainable Canadian Health System in a Climate Crisis) have published the Sustainable Occupational Therapy playbook, which is available here. This playbook provides background…
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Usage of single-use endoscope valves

Created on
15 Mar 2024
by
Michael Perrot
What is your opinion on the use of disposable endoscope valves? We cannot recognise any advantage here - apart from the 'saved' reprocessing. Are there any scientific studies on this? Of course, the…
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Green Endoscopy Advice

Created on
22 Feb 2024
by
Louisa Thomson
I am an Improvement Practitioner working at the RUH, Bath. Today, we held our relaunch of the Green Endoscopy Group. Lots of ideas, but we are focussing on some 'quick' wins to be begin with and would…
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Midlands Greener NHS Regional Roadshow: Sustainable Surgery and Operating Theatres

Created on
16 Jan 2024
by
Kim Croasdale
Join us on 22 February to learn about how colleagues across the NHS are working to make surgery and NHS operating theatres more sustainable. Hear from experts in the field including: Prof…
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Reducing CO2e waste through implementing remanufactured harmonic scalpels in laparoscopic surgery and replacing disposable surgical gowns with reusable surgical gowns

Created on
28 Nov 2023
by
Krithea Baker
Project completed as part of the Hampshire Hospitals Green Team Competition 2023. Team members: Laura Vale, Senior Operating Department Practitioner Krithea Baker, Recovery Nurse…
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Surgical set rationalisation

Created on
8 Nov 2023
by
Nicole Fletcher
NHSE working with the Health Innovation North West Coast and Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust have developed a reproducible process for hospitals to rationalise surgical sets, reducing carbon intensive…
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Call for green endoscopy case studies

Created on
2 Oct 2023
by
Ayoma Ratnappuli
Dear Network Members, We at CSH are working with e-learning for health to create a Green Endoscopy module. We are looking for case studies of green endoscopy in practice which we could shine a…
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Industry involvement with CSH greening healthcare competition?

Created on
7 Sep 2023
by
Melissa Pegg
Dear Colleagues, May I kindly ask if anyone knows if industry suppliers can/have participated in the CSH green- healthcare wards/team competitions to help support the research (and not in terms…
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Ultrasonic devices query

Created on
29 Aug 2023
by
Agnes Henson
Hi all, I am analysing NHS procurement data for harmonic scalpels/shears for a sustainability project and am finding a large uptick in demand in 2022/23 compared to previous years. Would be keen to…