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…
We have just published a commentary on Green Endoscopy in Gastroenterology,a major gastroenterology journal.
https://www.gastrojournal.org/article/S0016-5085(22)00147-0/fulltext
Here we…
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…
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…
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…
Those of you wanting to learn more on the topic of sustainable endoscopy should read a recent edition of the journalTechniques in Gastrointestinal Endoscopywhich isparticularly focussed on…
Do have a gander at a recent commentary piece we wrote for the Lancet Gastroenterology and Hepatology on the topic of sustainable endoscopy. It provides an update on the field of Green Endoscopy on…
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…
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…
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…