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This report outlines the current practice of bronchoscopes use in Cambridge as well as impacts of using reusable bronchoscopes in comparison to single-use scopes. It also includes learning on…
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1 May 2025 •
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Katie Sell, Richard Hales, Lina Solanki, Brigid Boultbee, Ruth Jackson
Project completed as part of the 2024 Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Green Team Competition.
Team members:
Melanie Broach, MSK Therapy Team Lead RHCH
Kathryn Cartwright, MSK…
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1 Dec 2024 •
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Melanie Broach and Kathryn Cartwright, MSK Therapy Team Leads
Technical Case Study
Propellant gases contained in metered dose inhalers are powerful greenhouse gases and approximately 3% of the carbon footprint of NHS Scotland results from these inhalers.…
Project completed as part of the Great Ormond Street Hospital Green Team Competition.
Team members: Nicola Moore, Zoe Vamplew, Amy Young and Rachel Naunto, Physiotherapists
Setting / patent…
Project completed as part of the Great Ormond Street Hospital Green Team Competition.
Team members:
Caroline Haynes and Tayana Harding, Clinical Specialist Occupational Therapists
Setting…
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30 Apr 2024 •
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Caroline Haynes and Tayana Harding, Clinical Specialist Occupational Therapists
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…
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8 Mar 2024 •
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Holly Slyne - Assistant director infection prevention and control (IPC) and Janet Jousiffe -Deputy falls prevention coordinator
Project completed as part of the Northampton Green Team Competition 2022.Setting/Patient Group: Trust-wideIssue to be addressed:Personal protective equipment (PPE) use increased over the pandemic but…
Sulphur hexafluoride (SF6), is it an essential medicine?
An overview of the medical application areas of SF6. Is it really needed when there are low or zero global warming potential alternatives.
The South East region has worked collaboratively with a number of SE systems to create a series of patient-facing videos about inhalers. The videos are centered aroundpatient choice;what to expect…
The continued use of metered-dose inhalers in respiratory care will have a potentially catastrophic effect on global warming if production is not controlled, largely because these inhalers use potent…
