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This case study was completed as part of the Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust Green Ward Competition 2020, by the Endoscopy Team.
Team Members:
Ms. Sabiha Omar (Staff nurse), Ms. Sheela…
SusQI project completed as part of The 2020 Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust Green Ward Competition. This project was the competition winner.
Project Aims:To reduce the carbon footprint of…
The theme of this first report in the Nordic Know-How series is nitrous oxide destruction. Nitrous oxide substantially contributes to the climate footprint of the healthcare sector. This report…
Healthcare and particularly medicines contribute significantly to the NHS carbon footprint and to environmental pollution.
This article discusses significant pharmaceutical contributors, actions…
This patient- and clinician-facing website gives guidance on choosing inhalers with lower environmental impact - something which is now included in the BTS asthma guidelines.
Section 8.6 of the newBTS/SIGN Guideline for the management of asthma highlights the environmental impactof metered dose inhalers (pMDI) and recommends that inhalers with low global-warming potential…
Are you confident in teaching patients how to use their inhalers? The first step in improving environmentalsustainability of inhaler use is to ensure that people use the correct technique to get the…
Thedegroeneic.nl website is in Dutch forThe Green ICU partnership in the Netherlands, but Chrome has a translation extension to read the content in English.
This Sustainable Hospital website is a Dutch initiative connecting researchers with expertise in engineering, design and policy (TU Delft); medical sciences (Erasmus MC); operations & technology…
Asthma summary
Asthma is very common. Almost 10% of people living in the European Union have a diagnosis of asthma. Among children, asthma is the most common chronic medical condition.…