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Summary Background and objectivesHemodialysis resource use—especially water and power, smarter processing and reuse of postdialysis waste, and improved ecosensitive building design, insulation, and…

Project completed as part of the 2017 Southampton Green Team Competition Setting/Patient Group: Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU) Issue to be addressed: Patient in CICU did not routinely…

Key learning point: Switching to the 44 to 1 concentration cans is a relatively easy process at negligible cost and may be a simpler method of reducing concentrate solution storage without…

Abstract Climate change represents a major global public health threat. The very provision of healthcare itself has a significant untoward effect on the environment, to which kidney care is likely…

Key learning point"We advocate that every renal unit both in the United Kingdom and throughout Europe considers salvaging reject water as it offers a major opportunity to reduce not only the…

This study audited the introduction of recycling of paper and cardboard within an operating theatre. All waste within a single operating theatre was collected by a dedicated team for 20 surgical…

This simple and powerful 1.5 minute video shows the waste created from a single operation and asks if there is another way of doing things.

Environmentalism in surgical practice. Weiss, A et al. Current Problems in Surgery. April 2016; 53 (4): 165-205 A long article, but worth taking time to read. It provides a really good breakdown of…

Chen, M., Zhou, R., Du, C. et al. Int Urol Nephrol (2016). doi:10.1007/s11255-016-1418-5 This study aimed to determine the carbon footprints of peritoneal dialysis (PD) with the different…

Setting/Patient Group: Dialysis, Emergency Department and Theatres Issue to be addressed: Healthcare is a major contributor to demand for virgin single-use plastic. A successful model for PVC…