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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 Northampton Green Team Competition 2022.
Setting/Patient Group: Trust-wide
Issue to be addressed:
Personal protective equipment (PPE) use increased over…
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…
Table of Actions for a Sustainable Respiratory Inhalers Programme - first created in consultation with Sustainable Respiratory Care Advisory Group in February 2013. This table can be updated as…
