Critical Care Susnet events
It's not too late to register for the Gloves Off in Critical Care webinar on 12 Dec or the next two Critical Care Susnet events (all free online, 2pm-3pm):
12…
Here are three posters that the microbiology team at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals presented at the Federation of Infection Societies (FIS) in Edinburgh last month. We can reduce the carbon footprint…
I am planning to change our laboratory to capillary electrophoresis from gel electrophoresis. Are any members aware of an assessment of the impact of this change on the environmental footprint? I…
Hi All
Just wanted to draw your attention to a newly published study linking lab sustainability, carbon emissions and sample error rates.
I hope to see more studies like this in the…
The European Society of Pediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care (ESPNIC) have a study to investigateWorldwide Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of healthcare professionals in Pediatric Intensive Care…
Pathology testing underpins all of healthcare. All patients are tested; from swabs to diagnose COVID, to bloods in community to monitor diabetes, and tests to diagnose the acutely unwell in ED and…
Here in Cardiff we currently use Draeger ventilators and have noticed that the flow sensors are not a single use item. We are looking at the option to clean them and reuse which is something we used…
Hello there,
Has anyone got any thoughts on reducing plastic in sampling practices? In critical care we collect frequent blood samples and place them in little plastic bags for collection. My…
This is a new inititative - introducing the use of Indexor into Pathology Sample Reception for GP (Primary Care) activity. It's great at fast tracking blood samples throught the laboratory using ICE…
In March 2023, the NHS Estates team published an updated Clinical Waste Strategy document that outlined strategic guidelines for trusts to follow to lower the carbon footprint associated with…