Key learning point:
Switching to the 44 to 1 concentration cans is a relatively easy process at negligible cost and may be a simpler method of reducing concentrate solution storage without…
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18 Oct 2022 •
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Fraser Campbell, Renal Technician, East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust
In 2015 the Sustainable Development Unit (SDU) (now known as Greener NHS) in partnership with Environmental Resources Management estimated carbon footprints for the following units of healthcare…
EMRAD quarterly magazine, with a theme on sustainability (not just in imaging). Contents includes:
Sustainablity plans for EMRAD
Radioactive waste handling
Sustainable travelling
Imaging…
In 2021 the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB) declared a #ClimateEmergency and released aCall to Action for Environmentally Sustainable Practices in the Eye Health Sectoranda…
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8 Aug 2022 •
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The International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB)
This article provides an overview of intensive care environmental sustainability with a nice summary figure of recommendations to focus on for reducing the carbon footprint of ICUs and 'getting our…
The Canadian Coalition for Green Health Care have released webinar recordings in both English and French on their YouTube channel. This includes a recent webinar about reusable PPE.
The Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society (ANZICS) have produced this toolkit:
A beginners guide to sustainability in the ICU
There is guidance on these themes for intensive care…
This recent BNMS team award submission details some measures that have improved the environmental sustainability of the Nottingham nuclear medicine service. We hope it's useful!
This is an article from the IPEM (Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine) newsletter by Imperial College Healthcare Trust's Principal Nuclear Medicine Physicist, Laura Perry, outlining some…
SusQI project completed as part of the Leeds Green Ward Competition 10th January - 25th March by the Education Team.
Team Members:
Cleone Pardoe – Clinical Teaching Fellow, Post-IMT2…
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21 Jun 2022 •
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Cleone Pardoe and Alexander Strother – Clinical Teaching Fellows and Post-FY2 Doctors