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Winning SusQI project completed as part of Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS FT Green Team Competitionfrom January – March 2022.
Team Members:
Alison Hardy – Satellite Dialysis Unit…
The Primary Care Respiratory Society (PCRS) Greener Respiratory Healthcare Quality Improvement (QI) toolkit has been developed to support heathcare professionals working in the primary care setting to…
SusQI project completed as part of the Leeds Green Ward Competition 10th January - 25th March by the Education Team.
Team Members:
Cleone Pardoe – Clinical Teaching Fellow, Post-IMT2…
Published date
May 2022
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Cleone Pardoe and Alexander Strother – Clinical Teaching Fellows and Post-FY2 Doctors
A guide for healthcare professionals in the UK on reducing the carbon footprint of inhaler prescription. It consists of recommendations aimed at making choices that reduce the carbon footprint of…
Great study from Rizan et al (2021) estimating 'the carbon footprint and financial cost of decontaminating (steam sterilization) and packaging reusable surgical instruments. The study indicateshow the…
Abstract: Climate change has been increasingly recognized in the healthcare sector over recent years, with global implications in infrastructure, economics, and public health. As a result, a growing…
Published date
April 2022
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Engler, Ian D. MD; Curley, Andrew J. MD; Fu, Freddie H. MD, et al
Project completed as part of the 2021 Green Surgery Challenge.
Setting/Patient Group: Operating theatre
Issue to be addressed:
Appendicectomy remains the most performed acute general…
Paper pinpoints gaps in literature and knowledge around sustainablity in endoscopy. Also, provides means to indenitify these gaps and counter the issues raised there.
Sector review considering the root causes of waste in endoscopy with frameworks for measuring carbon footprints and action steps to handle carbon footprint.
