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Submitted 3 months 1 week ago by Chris Allen.
The carbon footprint of general anaesthetics: A case study in the UK
Xiaocheng Hu, JM Tom Pierce, Tim Taylor, Karyn Morrissey
April, 2021
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Submitted 4 months 3 weeks ago by Frances Mortimer.
In 2019, the Welsh Environmental Anaesthetic Network (WEAN) launched "Project Drawdown" to encourage environmentally conscious anaesthetic practice in 8 hospitals around Wales, achieving
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Welsh Environmental Anaesthetic Network
March, 2021
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Submitted 4 months 4 weeks ago by Frances Mortimer.
This project, which came about as part of CSH's Green Ward Competition held at Barts Health in 2019, reduced the unnecessary listing of patients for general anaesthetic in cataract surgery, saving
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Centre for Sustainable Healthcare & Barts Health NHS Trust
February, 2021
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Submitted 4 months 4 weeks ago by Frances Mortimer.
Early mobilisation after open heart surgery reduced ventilation days by a mean of 4 days and reduced cardiac intensive care stay by a mean of 6 days.
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Centre for Sustainable Healthcare and University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust
February, 2021
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Submitted 7 months 3 days ago by Frances Mortimer.
A panel of experts explore environmental sustainability issues in anaesthesia practice and discuss the opportunities for research and innovation, such as collaborating with non-medical researchers,
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Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists
December, 2020
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Submitted 7 months 3 days ago by Frances Mortimer.
Article: Environmental impact of Personal Protective Equipment supplied to health and social care services in England in the first six months of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine
December, 2020
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Submitted 7 months 3 days ago by Frances Mortimer.
This article by CSH's Sustainable Surgery Fellow, Chantelle Rizan, and co-authors, provides greenhouse gas emission factors for the different healthcare waste streams in the UK.
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Journal of Cleaner Production
December, 2020
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Submitted 8 months 2 weeks ago by Bu'Hussain Hayee.
Lancet Gastroenterology and Hepatology article introducing an overview of key challenges around sustainability in Endoscopy.
November, 2020
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Submitted 9 months 2 weeks ago by Frances Mortimer.
Information for patients on the environmental impact of anaesthesia.
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Royal College of Anaesthetists
October, 2020
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Submitted 7 months 3 days ago by Frances Mortimer.
British Journal of Anaesthesia, 125 (5): 680e692 (2020)
Forbes McGain, Jane Muret, Cathy Lawson and Jodi D. Sherman
Key points:
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British Journal of Anaesthesia
August, 2020
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Submitted 1 year 17 hours ago by Vivien De Greef.
Background: Health-care services are necessary for sustaining and improving human wellbeing, yet they have an environmental footprint that contributes to environment-related threats to human health
July, 2020
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Submitted 1 year 2 weeks ago by Ben Whittaker.
This is a recording of the AHP Sustainability webinar from June 18th 2020, part of the National Allied Health Professions fornightly webinar series.
June, 2020
Submitted 1 year 2 months ago by Ingeborg Steinbach.
The cataract surgery audit tool ‘Eyefficiency’ was designed to identify opportunities for sites to minimize the footprint of cataract surgical services and to increase access to cataract surgery fo
May, 2020
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Submitted 1 year 3 months ago by Frances Mortimer.
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.
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Nordic Center for Sustainable Healthcare
March, 2020
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Submitted 1 year 6 months ago by Frances Mortimer.
This toolkit gives you everything you need for a 1 minute, 5 minute and even more minute conversation, complete with step-by-step guides, behavioural change insights and all the evidence to back it
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Moving Medicine
January, 2020
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Submitted 1 year 10 months ago by Stefi Barna.
Health Care’s Climate Footprint: How the Health Secto
September, 2019
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Submitted 2 years 3 months ago by Frances Mortimer.
Our article published today! "The contribution of anaesthesia to the environmental impact of healthcare is significant and visible, but amenable to change.
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C. L. Shelton, S. C. McBain, F. Mortimer, S. M. White. Anaesthesia.
March, 2019
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Submitted 2 years 3 months ago by Charlotte Holbrook.
One way of reducing waste in theatre is to think about the surgical instruments we use (or open and don’t use!).
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Journal of Pediatric Urology February 2018 Volume 14, Issue 1, Pages 20–24
February, 2019
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