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Project completed as part of the 2024 Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (HHFT) Green Team Competition.
Team members:
Laura Vale - Senior Operating Department Practitioner
Krithea…
Specific aims:
We aim to implement the low carbon alternative principle of sustainable healthcare to introduce several changes within our arthroplasty theatres to promote sustainable value,…
In-hospital promotion of the oral route and IV to oral switch (IVOST) are key antimicrobial stewardship (AS) initiatives providing benefits for patients, staff and the environment, including reduced…
Published date
August 2024
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Rodger R, Robertson A, Thompson E, Downie K, Thompson S, Ray G, Chisholm L, Hillson R
KitNewCare is a pioneering EU co-funded project to make kidney healthcare more environmentally sustainable. Recognising healthcare’s role in global carbon emissions (5-11%), the project focuses on…
The aim of this study was to scale and spread a quality improvement (QI) initiative promoting appropriate intravenous to oral switch (IVOST) of metronidazole in all adult inpatient wards in NHSGGC…
Published date
July 2024
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Rachael Rodger, Amy Robertson, Emma Thompson, Karen Downie, Sharon Thompson, Gautam Ray, Lindsey Chisholm and Rosie Hillson
This TOG commentary outlines why the climate and ecological crises should be of particular concern to all those working in women's health, the ways in which our healthcare systems contribute to the…
Interventions that consider climate change, sustainability, and nature should be integral to health system functioning. Placing sustainability at the core of the NHS’s future offers opportunities to…
Project completed as part of the 2023-4 Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust Green Team Competition.
Team members
Holly Slyne - Assistant director infection prevention and control…
Published date
March 2024
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Holly Slyne - Assistant director infection prevention and control (IPC) and Janet Jousiffe -Deputy falls prevention coordinator
What you need to know:
- Pills are likely to have a reduced environmental impact compared with an equivalent dose of liquid medication, with less packaging and less wasted medicine
- Pill swallowing…
