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In 2021 the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB) declared a #ClimateEmergency and released aCall to Action for Environmentally Sustainable Practices in the Eye Health Sectoranda…
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The International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB)
On Tuesday it was International Biodiversity day. Biological diversity is often understood in terms of a wide variety of plants, animals and microorganisms, but it also includes genetic differences…
Project completed as part of the 2021 Green Team Competition.
Setting/Patient Group: Operating theatres
Issue to be addressed:
Approximately 23% of carbon emissions from surgery are due…
This project was started by Alifia Chakera, with support from CSH Fellows Chris Allen and Amarantha Fennell-Wells and The Association of Anaesthetists Environmental Champions.Following…
Healthcare without harm: physician resource network is an established website with manyresources ranging from advocacy to grand rounds and webinars. This website also featuresmedical student specific…
We are very pleased with the progress being made on anaesthetic nitrous oxide mitigation happening across the UK, ROI and internationally.
For those who have not seen the recording of the launch…
A template for patients to use if they are commencing/currently on a Symbicort inhaler for asthma. It is laid out as an action plan for personal details to be filled in by a clinician. Frequently…
This is not a new resource (published in 2017) but provides some really thought provoking reading on overdiagnosis, overtreatment and waste, including pharmaceutical waste.
ABSTRACT
High-technology medicine saves lives and produces waste; this is the case of dialysis. The increasing amounts of waste products can be biologically dangerous in different ways: some…
Hi all,
Thought I would share our first Green Newsletter with everyone to inspire each other to do similar projects as well as potential future collaboration!
Many thanks.
jason