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A great concept based in the UK. Organisations (healthcare, academia) sign up to the this website and staff can share unwanted items which can be reused (inside the organisation, or sometimes out)…
A useful mobile app which scans consumer dermatologic product ingredients and determines if the ingredients may be harmful to the user or the environment. I am ever increasingly concerned about the…
Project completed as part of the South Health Campus, Alberta Health Services Green Team Competition, 2024
Team members
Sean Sloan, BSc, BScPT - Program Facilitator
Tracy Smith, BSW,…
How bad will the climate crisis get and what can we, as a healthcare community, do about it?
Dr Mark Harber, the new Royal College of Physicians of London expert adviser on healthcare…
Project completed as part of the South Health Campus, Alberta Health Services Green Team Competition, 2024Team membersMichelle Shand (Program Manager - Surgical Services)Rachel Taylor (Program Manager…
A multinational survey of health care professionals on the kidney health impacts of climate change and the environmental burden of kidney care was conducted.Most participants reported knowledge gaps…
Project completed as part of the South Health Campus, Alberta Health Services Green Team Competition, 2024Team membersCassandra Carrier, Quality Improvement Lead RNDaniela Moreira, Emergency…
Published date
September 2024
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Cassandra Carrier, Quality Improvement Lead RN and Daniela Moreira, Emergency Department Unit Manager
AbstractBackgroundHaemodialysis treatments generate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions mainly as a result of the equipment, consumables and pharmaceuticals required. An internal audit demonstrated a 33%…
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In-hospital promotion of the oral route and IV to oral switch (IVOST)1are key antimicrobial stewardship (AS) initiatives providing benefits for patients, staff and the…
Published date
August 2024
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R Rodger, A Robertson, E Thompson, K Downie, S Thompson, G Ray, L Chisholm, R Hillson