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This study measured the total quantity and composition of waste generated in a large, New York City (NYC) hospital kitchen over a one-day period to assess the impact of potential waste diversion…
Study comparing an acute care unit with an intensive care unit in the US:
"An acute care unit generates 5.5kg of solid waste and 45kg CO2-e per hospitalization day. The ICU generates 7.1kg of solid…
Published date
December 2021
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Prasad, P. A., Joshi, D., Lighter, J., Agins, J., Allen, R., Collins, M., Pena, F., Velletri, J., & Thiel, C.
A project I did back in 2019/2020 looking at staff attitudes to sustainability at University Hospital Southampton.
Over 1,100 responses.
Mix of scale answer questions with some free text options…
This study uses hybrid environmental life cycle assessment (LCA) to quantify average emissions associated with resource use in an acute inpatient unit with 49 beds and 14,427 hospitalization days and…
Launch of a new Healthcare LCA Database, an up-to-date repository of published life cycle assessements within healthcare.
'HealthcareLCA brings together environmental assessments of health systems,…
SusQI project completed as part of The Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS FT Green Team Competitionfrom September - December 2022 by the Home Enteral Feeding Team (HEFT).
The HEFT were announced…
Published date
March 2023
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Sarah Williams, HEFT Manager and Dietitian Training Lead and Laura-Marie Baldwin, Lead Specialist HEFT Dietitian
Project completed as part of the Northampton Green Team Competition 2022.Setting/Patient Group: Trust-wideIssue to be addressed:Personal protective equipment (PPE) use increased over the pandemic but…
SusQI project was completed as part of theLeedsGreen Ward Competition10th January - 25th March by the Patient Environment Action Team (PEAT).
Team members:
Jemma Robinson - Facilities…
