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Traditional period products are mostly plastic and in our life-time we will use thousands, producing waste which ends up in landfill. By introducing period pants to young people in hospital we support…
Patients receiving enteral feeding in the community require plastics/ancillaries to allow feed to be pumped/bolused via the feeding tube. Multi-use syringes are deemed adequate for use in the…
Global resources are finite; as this becomes more apparent the concept of sustainability in healthcare is becoming more important. Ophthalmology is no exception and this paper has been created by a…
The Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) has released three new Climate Change and Health Position Statements, promoting policies to deliver the health benefits of climate action. The…
Chen, M., Zhou, R., Du, C. et al. Int Urol Nephrol (2016). doi:10.1007/s11255-016-1418-5
This study aimed to determine the carbon footprints of peritoneal dialysis (PD) with the different…
Not sure if everyone is aware of the 3 sessions in the Environmentally Sustainable Healthcare programme available on the eLfH website. Key concepts and case studies are given.
Sessions 1 and 2 are…
This half hour video looks at the health effects of climate change in six countries around the world. It is intended to help students in medicine, nursing and public health understand the conditions…
This clearly laid out, first level, detailing of the health effects of climate change makes an excellent learning resource or handout. Living with Environmental Change can be contacted for hard copies…
Here are some links to Dutch information:
-national green deal: The five goals of the Green Deal for Sustainable Healthcare (greendeals.nl)
-our website: www.sustainablehospital.org
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