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Linen Use in Renal Dialysis Unit

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21 Mar 2022
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Rona Hutton
The aim of the project was to reduce linen usage by 30% at the New Victoria Hospital, Glasgow by 31st January 2022. A PDSA cycle was adopted to determine whether the patient felt comfortable…
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Dentistry: Sustainable Dental Business Award

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9 Mar 2022
by
Davinder Raju
Fantastic news! FMC (a major dental communications company) have introduced an Eco-Dental Practice Award to to help bring awarness around sustainable dentistry. It's going to be launched later this…
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New CSH course - Sustainable Respiratory Care

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7 Mar 2022
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Hayley Pinto
In view of the significant contribution Inhalers make to the NHS carbon footprint, CSH have developed a new course focused on Sustainable Respiratory Care. I wonder if you would be interested in…
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Green talk at WCN'22

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16 Feb 2022
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Frances Mortimer
The World Congress of Nephrology 2022 is taking place next week in Malaysia and online. The organisers, the International Society of Nephrology (ISN), are keen for environmental sustainability to be…
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Thumbs-up for the Sustainable Dentistry Course

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11 Feb 2022
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Davinder Raju
The Sustainable Dentistry Course by CENTREforSUSTAINABLE HEALTHCARE is a must-do for all dental healthcare professionals. The educational material is comprehensive, current and relevant to…
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A online consultation over plans to create a new £4.5 million renal dialysis unit in Telford is taking place.

Created on
19 Jan 2022
by
James Warham
https://www.sath.nhs.uk/about-us/get-involved/public-participation-2/get-involved-with-us-2/services-changes-and-development/renal-dialysis-services-at-prh/ With virtual meetings on MS Teams being…
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Dialysis acid greener options

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12 Jan 2022
by
Eleanor Murray
Some of our RDUs are not suitable for central acid, and even those that are will require a business case. Meantime we were hoping to achieve carbon and cost savings through reviewing our acid supplies…
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£25,000 prize in kidney care competition: opportunity for a low carbon initiative?

Created on
25 Nov 2021
by
Catherine Floyd
Anyone out there with a good idea for reducing the carbon footprint of an element of your kidney care service? The Kidney MedTech Competition offers six prizes, worth £30,000, to accelerate research…
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Incremental HD

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24 Nov 2021
by
Eleanor Murray
Incremental haemodialysis (IHD), in which dialysis dose is adjusted to take into account residual kidney function (RKF) usually by starting dialysis twice rather than thrice weekly, has been…
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Kidney network and education

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20 Oct 2021
by
Frances Mortimer
I'm co-leading the "Action Learning and Education" workstream of the new UKKA Sustainable Kidney Care committee, together with Mark Harber (nephrologist in London). We're looking for a few volunteers…