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Orthopaedic Boots - What's the carbon footprint?

Created on
25 Oct 2022
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Joanne Sullivan
Hi All I am looking for information on the carbon footprint of the Mediboot (see picture). In Wales we use around 22,000 of these boots a year. When treatment is complete the majority of boots…
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Mapping the CO2 footprint of a Pathology Test

Created on
21 Oct 2022
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Andrew Turner
HI all, we have been working with some of the NHS Pathology Networks and developed a Specimen Quality and Transport Dashboard, this includes a carbon footprint section that provides a set of measures…
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Inhaler returns

Created on
17 Oct 2022
by
Emily Parker
Hi everyone, I'm working in paediatrics in Newcastle and looking into inhaler carbon footprints, amongst other things. I've been trying to find out about hospital / community inhaler return schemes…
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Community footprints

Created on
7 Oct 2022
by
Stuart Jeffery
Hi All I am pulling together a HSDR bid to look at sustainability improvements and CO2 reductions of various car closer to homes / out of hospital / virtual ward approaches (plus a comparator with…
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Heat recovery projects

Created on
4 Oct 2022
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Joshua Cartwright
Hi Does anyone have any experience of heat recovery projects in any context? More specifically - waste/domestic water heat recovery. I am working within the context of…
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Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) of single use vs reusable duodenoscopes

Created on
26 Sep 2022
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Robin Baddeley
A life cycle analysis study of single use vs reusable duodenoscopes has now been published in full: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35718068/ The paper focuses on the use of the endoscopes…
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Waste Anesthesia Gas Capture

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19 Sep 2022
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Dan McElroy
Hello, I did see a few brief discussions regarding WAG capture technology. Is anyone currently useing it with in their hospital? Is there any supporting data that you can point…
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RCPCH comes top on the Climate Change and Health score card

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8 Sep 2022
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The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health has come top of a report which aims to establish what progress has been made by UK health organizations in regards to climate change action. 8 UK…
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Sustainable Paediatrics in Practice: What do we already know?

Created on
8 Sep 2022
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Other SusPaeds members maybe interested in this article we wrotereviewing practical ways to encourage environmentally sustainable paediatric care. Im sure Sustainable Paediatric Network members…