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BCHC Paediatric SLT sustainability project - help needed for more sustainable PPE/equipment & reducing plastics!

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10 Oct 2022
by
Rebecca Joseph
Hi everyone We are a small group from Birmingham Community Healthcare Paediatric SLT team who have started a project to look at simple steps in making SLT care sustainable and more in line with the…
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Clinical version of LEAF

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16 Sep 2022
by
Martin Farley
Greetings all, I manage LEAF, which is a programme that aims to help labs become more sustainable. We've started a pilot of a version of LEAF for clinical labs, and wanted to just extend the offer…
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EFLM Green Labs Taskforce publish guidelines for Green and Sustainable Labs

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6 Sep 2022
by
Sheri Scott
Dear All As a core member of the EFLM green lab taskforce,I am excited to share the publication of the first edition ofEFLM Guidelines for Green and Sustainable Laboratories. The mission…
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SLTs, social prescribing and sustainability

Created on
18 Jul 2022
by
Sivan Coleman
I attended an exciting AHP Sustainability Networking event last week that got me thinking about a lot of things but in particular social prescribing. Social prescribing can be considered…
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Glucose lab sample carbon footprint estimation

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5 Jul 2022
by
Eleanor Murray
I have seen paper that has analysed the carbon footprint of U&E, FBC, coag, and ABG. However, I am aware that energy source in Australia where the study was based is very different to Scotland and…
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Announcing our first networking event

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29 Jun 2022
by
Iona Sinclair
Exciting news! We’re hosting our first networking event on Tuesday 13th September,7-8pm BST. We’d love to meet with anyone working in SLT (anywhere in the world!) who has an interest in…
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Useful websites and organisations

Created on
25 Jun 2022
by
Sheri Scott
Early this year,The Biologist published an article on lab sustainability - this article features four focussed projects for improving sustainable laboratory practice. Below I would like to share with…
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What can I do?

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21 Jun 2022
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Iona Sinclair
I recently came across this chart from the World Health Organisation (in their Environmentally sustainable health systems: a strategic document), and it got me thinking… what can I do? When thinking…
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Free journal club 15 June: Minimizing carbon and financial costs of steam sterilization and packaging of reusable surgical instruments

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10 Jun 2022
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Catherine Floyd
The next paper to be discussed at the Planetary Healthcare Journal Club is Chantalle Rizan'srecent“Minimizing carbon and financial costs of steam sterilization and packaging of reusable surgical…
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Laboratory sustainability in healthcare - Looking ahead

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9 Jun 2022
by
Sheri Scott
Welcome! This second post on our new network is really about sharing with you current work and the exciting times ahead. New guidance from UK Gov has been released for health professionals -…