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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…
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13 May 2024 •
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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
Hello from Pittsburgh, PA.
This is our 3rd issue of our monthly publication.
The Eco-Smart Newsletter Will Provide Easy To Read Articles On Sustainable Healthcare Strategy, Technology Insights,…
5 x 20 minutes presentations as follows:
Elaine Mead (prIHSCM) - Improvement care and compassion
Hannah Montgomery - Grace Cares CIC
Dr Alice Clack - Sustainability in QI - What? Why?…
This Swedish life cycle assessment by Hemberg et al. (2023) compares single-use and reusable central venous catheter insertion kits, including metal, plastic and textiles items. In contrast to a 2012…
The following document complies with some of the most up-to-date research that has been conducted with regard to nursing and climate change. We have compiled the literature into one document to direct…
As part of Greener AHP Week,Jessie Frost (Chief Sustainability Officer's Clinical Fellow at Greener NHS) presented on overview of some of the ongoing national work on the environmental sustainability…
Holmesglen Institute in Moorabbin, Australia provides Bachelor of Nursing and Diploma of Nursing courses. As a component of all nursing courses is the undertaking of hands-on skill-based education in…
A French group have conducted a carbon footprint of a small, specialised ambulatory endoscopy unit in Strasbourg, France.
They estimate eachendoscopy procedure generates 28kg CO2e, with patient and…
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16 May 2023 •
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Joel Lacroute, Juliette MARCANTONI, Stephane PETITOT, Julien WEBER, Patrick LEVY, Bastien DIRRENBERGER, Irina Tchoumak, Mat- hilde BARON, Stéphanie GIBERT, Sandrine MARGUERITE, Anne DERLON, Olivier Gronier, Jerome Huppertz.
A team from Spain have published a method to establish the material composition of commonly used endoscopic accessories and then used life cycle assessment methodology to quantify the carbon footprint…
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16 May 2023 •
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López-Muñoz P, Martín-Cabezuelo R, Lorenzo-Zúñiga V, et al