Air Pollution has been all over the news this week, with the expansion of the ULEZ Clean Air zone to include the whole of London. This is a great public health intervention but has been politicised…
In just over a month we will be hosting our second Respiratory Care Sustainability Network 'sharing hour'. It’s taking place via Zoom, Weds 27th Sep, 10:30-11:30am.
In this session we'll hear from…
Is anybody doing any work around green practice in pulmonary rehabilitation, specifically travel to and from class, practices and education around inhaler use for attendees?
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…
The European Respiratory Society has announced that the official themes for their 2023 international congress (this year held in Milan from 9-13th September) are "Pollution, climate change and…
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I'm keen to set up a team charter to encourage sustainability for the Health Improvement Team- NW Glasgow. To encourage buy in I feel it also has to be fun / challenge individuals as well as…
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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…
It's plastic free July, so I thought I'd share some recent information published last month about a particularly awful piece of plastic pollution - disposable e-cigarettes/vapes.
This statement…
Thank you to everyone who joined our first sharing hour on Wednesday. We had a great overview of sustainable respiratory care from Dr LJ Smith, followed by some thought-provoking questions and…