The Planetary Health Report Card (PHRC) is a student-led initiative where healthcare course students grade how well they think their university addresses and advocates for planetary health issues…
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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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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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National Recycle Week (19-25 September)is 4 weeks away!Participating in this week of activity is a fantastic opportunity to start or boost Walking AidReturn and Reuse schemes. Is your…
Do you want to develop a new project idea for your unit which would improve both patient care and environmental sustainability?
Funding has now been secured for on-line training and…
To date we have held several drop-in sessions to raise awareness with NHS staff/therapists of the business case for returns and reuse and how to establish a scheme or enhance and existing scheme. More…
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…
The Critical Care Susnet Sharing Hour will be hosted by the Centre for Sustainable Healthcare, British Association of Critical Care Nurses and Intensive Care Society.
It is an opportunity to share…
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…
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…