The European Climate and Health Observatory has launched two surveys to assess the impacts of extreme weather and climate adaptation measures in educational and healthcare facilities across Europe.…
https://www.mdpi.com/journal/kidneydial/awards/4195The Kidney and Dialysis Travel Award was launched in 2025, and it is presented to encourage junior scientists to present their latest research at…
We have recently changed over to reusable gowns for surgery after a successful trial. However the orthopaedic team are questioning their use for joint replacement surgery. Our laundry service meets…
Challenge Sponsors: The Scottish Government Directorate for Health and Social Care Finance, Scottish Ambulance Service and NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde.
The Challenge: "How can technology improve…
I’m pleased to share with you an article presenting environmental performance indicators for the management of healthcare services, validated by experts.I hope it may be useful to the group and…
The neonatal milk team use doner breast milk for babies on the wards. The milk is prepared using one per person plastic jugs and plastic containers. Numbers from stores said about 100 per month - 52p…
Dear Network Colleagues,I am doing some research into environmental impact differences (amongst other outcomes) between manual and robotic arm orthopaedic surgery (partial/total knee and total hip).I…
Administering appropriate parenteral medications in dialysis care by IV push, instead of infusion, saves time, money, and plastic. We aim to expand beyond IV iron to appropriate IV antimicrobials for…
Hey Team!Do we know if anyone has done anything on reducing environmental impact from transport to dialysis?This could include, but not limited to;improving allocation of patients to nearest dialysis…
I received some communication (see below post) from a company that sells sustainable baby wipes (I have no conflict of interest with the company).Just wondering if there have been pieces of work…