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Producing the 120 litres of dialysate required for a typical four hour haemodialysis session requires approximately 400 litres of mains water. Reverse osmosis is an important step in the purification…
This study outlines a quality improvement project assessing the impact of reducing dialysate flow rates in haemodialysis from 800 ml/hr to 500 ml/hr. The change was introduced to cut water and energy…
Published date
October 2024
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Whyke, K., Sabharwal, A., Anderson, K., Spark, P., Lockley, L., Choo, S., Reddy, V.
The toolkit was compiled by the Joint BASHH/BHIVA Sustainable Healthcare Special Interest Group and is co-badged by The Centre for Sustainable Healthcare.It is designed to spark change within your…
Published date
April 2025
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Sustainable Health Special Interest Group (Joint BASHH/BHIVA)
Article Summary: Sustainable reuse of hemodialysis reject water for potato farming: a large-scale feasibility study in MoroccoJournal of Nephrology (2025)💧 Context: Hemodialysis generates vast volumes…
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April 2025
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Tarrass F., Benjelloun M., Razkaoui A., Benjelloun O., Ouahel Y., Kaoukabi A., Habib Allah M.
In a renal service caring for approximately 40 patients dependent on central venous lines for haemodialysis access, the technique to access central lines was changed from using large aseptic fields…
Grimsby dialysis unit partnered with Kidney Quality Improvement Partnership (KQIP) and the Trying to Reduce UnNecessary Carbon from Haemodialysis (TRUNC-HD) initiative to cut carbon emissions by…
Watch the talk by Lucy Brown, Clinical Lead, Sustainable Kidney Care ProjectIn this special update from the UK Sustainable Kidney Care Project, Clinical Lead Lucy Brown shares the latest on how kidney…
Presented by Katy Whitehouse at February's Susnet event focused on Entonox, a real world case study of Catalytic Entonox cracking.Katy Whitehouse is a consultant obstetric anaesthetist at the Royal…
This recording from February's Women's Health Susnet Event on Entonox, discusses the monitoring of the carbon mitigation impacts of introducing an “Entonox Cracking” device into the maternity…
Project completed as part of the 2024 Coventry and Warwickshire Green Team Competition.Team membersAbbie Le-Blancq - ANC & MAU ward managerEmily Cornwall - Deputy Ops manager in maternity…
