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The study uses Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) to evaluate the carbon footprints of 3 vaginal speculum: a single-use acrylic and two reusable stainless steel. Overall, both types of reusables were found…
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August 2020
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Donahue LM, Hilton S, Bell SG, Williams BC, Keoleian GA.
The Sustainable Healthcare Coalition's produced a case study of a life cycle assessment for continuous renal replacment therapy (CRRT) using the Baxter PrismaFlex.
Carbon footprint of 72 hours of…
The Health FoundationcommissionedtheInstitute of Health Equityto examine progress in addressing health inequalities in England, 10 years on from the landmark studyFair Society, Healthy Lives (The…
British Journal of Anaesthesia, 125 (5): 680e692 (2020)
Forbes McGain, Jane Muret, Cathy Lawson and Jodi D. Sherman
Key points:
The scientific foundation for environmental sustainability in…
The CSH SusQI Showcase is an annual webinar event designed to share best practice within SusQI education and implementation. This years event hosted 8 fabulous speakers as follows:
Session 1 -…
Access the book ‘Social Science Perspectives on Global Public Health’ for free!
Published in 2022, Social Science Perspectives on Global Public Health is an open access book. This means you can…
Good practice guidance for healthcare professionals in England.This guidance provides four guiding principles for medicines optimisation that will help all healthcare professionals to support patients…
Aisling Condon and Helen Taylor from the Carbon Literacy Project, give an introduction to Carbon Literacy in healthcare and for AHPs specifically. The presentation aims to increase awareness and…
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Abstract
The current global ecological crisis threatens to irreversibly alter the conditions under which human civilization has evolved. Within…
Traditional period products are mostly plastic and in our life-time we will use thousands, producing waste which ends up in landfill. By introducing period pants to young people in hospital we support…
