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Reusable tourniquet cleaning

Created on
29 Jun 2026
by
Debs kerry
If you use reusable tourniquets in your organisation do you have to deep clean them at the end of the day as well as clinell wiping between patients? I'm working with a team who have been advised to…
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Five years of Greener NHS: improved carbon footprint assessment of the National Health Service in England

Created on
26 Jun 2026
by
Matthew Sawyer
Five years of Greener NHS: improved carbon footprint assessment of the National Health Service in England - The Lancet Planetary Health is an update on the results and and methodology used to…
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MedTech packaging and circularity

Created on
3 Jun 2026
by
Matthew Sawyer
Packaging - whether from medical products, MedTech or any where else - is only one element of a whole lifecycle of the product itself. Circularity such as packaging takeback schemes or reverse…
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CleanMed Europe 2026 - Call for posters extended

Created on
3 Jun 2026
by
Josephine Frame
Health Care Without Harm (HCWH) Europe hasextended the deadline for scientific posters and are welcoming submissions up until Wednesday 17 June for posters showcasing sustainable projects, research…
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Lancet MedZero tool - what is it?

Created on
22 May 2026
by
Matthew Sawyer
The Lancet MedZero tool was launched on 20th May 2026, but what is it?It is a free, online database that provides the carbon footprint of anything and everything (*) healthcare related. It has been…
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PPE for in-patient phlebotomy

Created on
21 May 2026
by
Debs kerry
Hi. Do any Trusts allow in-patient phlebotomy to take bloods without aprons on? I'm working with a team whose SOP states they must wear aprons for all in-patient and they are struggling to get it…
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Job Opportunity - Research and Teaching Fellow in Carbon Analysis for Healthcare

Created on
18 May 2026
by
Rachel McLean
A fantastic 3 year fixed-term Research Fellow opportunity, hosted at Brighton and Sussex medical school as part of the MRC-funded Green Healthcare Hub, working with BSMS and CSH to support…
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Call for participants - do you work with children or neonates? Contribute to Greener NHS's research on overheating in hospitals and acute care.

Created on
7 May 2026
by
Maddie de Vicq
Dear colleague,I would like to invite you to participate in a study on overheating in paediatric hospitals and acute care settings during periods of hot weather for Greener NHS. This study is…
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Water use in Endoscopy

Created on
28 Apr 2026
by
Sarah Walpole
We're exploring which water sources are used for endoscopy in UK hospitals. We haven't identified clear guidance on whether water for flushing and bedside cleaning endoscopes needs to be sterile,…
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Walking Aid Reuse and Recycling - IPC guidance

Created on
28 Apr 2026
by
Kerry Herriott-Brown
HiI would be keen to understand what each Trusts IPC guidance is around cleaning returned walking aids if people are happy to share. Secondly, has their been challenge around cleaning the inside of…