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Administering IV antibiotics by bolus instead of infusion where possible offers great cost and carbon savings as well as more efficient use of nursing time. Savings could be…
Within NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (GGC) 505 people attend our chronic hospital haemodialysis programme equating to 78,780 resource intensive treatments per year in six renal dialysis units (RDUs).…
Published date
January 2011
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Tara Collidge, Consultant Renal Physician, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
Key learning point: Several cost-effective opportunities exist to implement principles of reduce, reuse, and recycle in renal units from Baling machines, to cardboard distribution and online…
This questionnaire, developed by dialysis nurse Mary Thomson in Fife, has been used to raise awareness and gather staff views on recycling at home and at work. You are welcome to borrow and adapt it…
A Green Nurse role was established to promote awareness and education on environmental issues in the workplace and minimize landfill waste and inappropriate clinical waste.
This handbook was written forNHS Greater Glasgow and Clydes but provides useful information for anyone wanting to 'green' up their clinical practice!
It will help give you the tools to:
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This poster demonstrates the economic cost and carbon footprint associated with current patterns of prescribing long term Flupentixol Decanoate depot injections. Results suggest that over £500,000…
The AAGBI’s Anaesthesia and the environment section of their website. The idea for this section originated from the discussion session that followed a series of seminars run by the AAGBI, and lectures…
This is a good starting point for anaesthetists with an interest in the impact their care is having on the carbon footprint of the NHS, and what actions can be taken to reduce that impact.
The…
