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Project completed as part of the Northampton Green Team Competition 2022. Setting/Patient Group: Trust-wide Issue to be addressed: Personal protective equipment (PPE) use increased over…

This paper presents the results of theclimate and healthscorecardproject, the first known peer-reviewed study to compare the green credentials of UK health organisations.11 of 25 invited UK health…

Please find a suite of new case study templates and guidance from CSH for all network members to use. We encourage you to share the completed case studies on the networks and more widely. For…

The American Medical Association Journal of Ethics has a special issue about healthcare waste (scroll down to find a number of articles and…

Publication:Operating room waste management: A case study of primary hip operations at a leading National Health Service hospital in the United Kingdom - Melissa Pegg, Rebecca Rawson, Uchechukwu…

The study used life cycle assessment (LCA) to estimate the environmental impacts and financial cost of repairing surgical scissors. The functional unit was one use of a reusable surgical scissor, and…

SusQI project was completed as part of theLeedsGreen Ward Competition10th January - 25th March by the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) Team. Team members: Grace Crossland - PICU…

An excellent resource produced by RCPCH climate change working group- focused on action in the UK but could be useful for others too. This toolkit has been produced to support you to contact your…

Project completed as part of the 2021 Green Surgery Challenge. Setting/Patient Group: Operating theatre Issue to be addressed: Appendicectomy remains the most performed acute general…

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…