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Case study submitted as part of Lancet Commission call for case studies. Team members / location: Samantha Holmes, Oxford, UK Issue: Fluoroscopy is an energy-intensive imaging modality,…

Case study submitted as part of Lancet Commission call for case studies. Team members / location: Professor Mary Lynch/UK/Republic of Ireland/University of KwaZulu-Natal Issue:The KwaZulu-Natal…

Case study submitted as part of Lancet Commission call for case studies. Team members / location:Brian Gray/ Baltimore, Maryland, United States Issue:MedStar Harbor Hospital (MHH) sits on…

Greener NHSprescribing dashboards, launched onOpenPrescribing.net, are intended to support practices, Clincal Commissioning Groups and other organisations to review their prescribing and make changes,…

Key learning point: Simple measures to reduce, reuse and recycle paper resulted in a 75% reduction of paper use, resulting in environmental and financial savings. Setting/Patient Group: Dialysis…

Considers the use of disposable duodenoscopes to prevent infection due to equipment contamination. Produces potential cost for different hospital settings in the USA.

Key Learning Point: Purchase and use of a baling machine to compact waste can result in significant environmental and social savings with calculated actual financial saving. Setting/Patient…

Key learning point: Reducing the burden of waste and improving its segregation into appropriate streams for disposal has positive environmental impacts as well as cost savings. Setting/Patient…

On Tuesday it was International Biodiversity day. Biological diversity is often understood in terms of a wide variety of plants, animals and microorganisms, but it also includes genetic differences…

The project was shortlisted for the Green Nephrology Awards 2012. The PDF award entry poster may be downloaded fromhere. Key learning point: Electricity energy saving in patients homes – with…