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Project completed as part of the Hampshire Hospitals Green Team Competition 2023.
Aim:To reduce waste by moving patients medication with them and returning unused medication in a timely manner…
Published date
November 2023
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Claire Williams, Deputy Clinical Pharmacy Manager and Louise Bond, Deputy Lead Medicines Management Technician
Benzodiazepines and z-drugs are commonly prescribed medications in a variety of psychiatric settings.The majority of inpatient benzodiazepine prescriptions are for >4 weeks (95.6%) and off-label…
Published date
April 2025
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Lobo, M., Alriyahi, B., Salimkumar, R., Salwey, C. and Eltayeb, H.
Technical Case StudyGlobally,anaesthetic gases are responsible for ∼2-3% of Healthcare’s carbon footprint.The United Kingdom has steadfastly reduced its emissions associated with volatile…
Push to green—encouraging slow IV push of antibiotics (tazocin, teicoplanin, ceftriazone) in NNUH ED. This project was completed as part of the 2025 Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS…
This report records a sustainable quality improvement project aimed at reducing plastic bag use in the pharmacy dispensaries of the acute general hospitals of Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board…
Ageing & Complex Medicine (Astley Ward) — Deprescribing in frailtyProject completed as part of Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh (WWL) Green Team Competition 2025.Team members:Ðula Alićehajić-Bečić,…
Project completed as part of the 2024 Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Green Team Competition.
Team members:
Dr James Kinchen, Consultant Gastroenterologist
Resmi Rajesh,…
Published date
November 2024
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Resmi Rajesh, Charge Nurse, Endoscopy Unit, Edit Szabone Kalmar, cellular pathology operational manager and Dr James Kinchen, Consultant Gastroenterologist
Project completed as part of the 2025 Hampshire Hospitals Green Team Competition.Team membersMark Badham, Clinical Matron.Setting / patient group:26 bedded medical ward.Issue:Single-use scissors are…
Project completed as part of the National 2025 Green Nursing Challenge by the Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust.Team members:Gabbie Parham, Senior Matron, Community NursingHelen Squires, Operations…
Project completed as part of the 2017 Southampton Green Team Competition
Setting/Patient Group: Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU)
Issue to be addressed:
Patient in CICU did not routinely…