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Winning SusQI project completed as part of Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS FT Green Team Competitionfrom January – March 2022.
Team Members:
Alison Hardy – Satellite Dialysis Unit…
This report aims to calculate and analyze the carbon footprint of 17 of the most common dental procedures, and to indentify types of service which are responsible for large amounts of greenhouse gas…
Great study from Rizan et al (2021) estimating 'the carbon footprint and financial cost of decontaminating (steam sterilization) and packaging reusable surgical instruments. The study indicateshow the…
In this review of 49 clinical guidelines from British, Chinese, Indian, Brazilian, Australian, European, German, and US-American medical associations, the authors found keywords related to planetary…
Webinar recording from 25 November 2021
Featuring talks on
IPCC and COP26: what happens now? - James Dixon, Newcastle Hospitals
Greener NHS – Transitioning to a sustainable NHS - Manraj…
Abstract
The health effects of climate change are becoming increasingly important; there are direct effects from heatwaves and floods, and indirect effects from the altered distribution of…
This review looks at how a 20-year-old male grew Rhodotorula muciliginosa (fungal infection) from his peritoneal dialysis fluid on three separate occasions. Peritoneal dialysis-associated peritonitis…
Published date
November 2020
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Victoria Jane Carnall, Stephanie Murdock, Cressida Auckland, Christopher J Mulgrew.
This project was highly commended in the 2018 Green Ward Competition Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust.
Key learning point: There are multiple opportunities to reduce waste and water…
Published date
December 2018
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Jenkins H, Webb L, Eyles K, Dicks M, McAleer N, Luke R, Al-Zaved H, Harry J, Channing K, Hubbard A & Bingham C
An article by Andrew Connor, Robert Lillywhite and Matthew Cooke (2010) using component analysisto analysethe carbon footprint of a renal service. Results suggested a number of carbon-reduction…
