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Useful information resource / infographic about different inhalers andthe main differences between them - including environmental impact.
Could be helpful in teaching...
Dawn Connelly. Blue,…
Project completed as part of theUniversity Hospital Dorset NHS Foundation Trust Green Team Competition.
Setting/Patient Group: Post operative care - Recovery Rooms
Issue to be…
SusQI project completed as part of The 2020University Hospitals DorsetNHS Foundation Trust Green Ward Competition.
Team members: Michelle Kirkland (Medicines Management & Accredited Technician) and…
This case study was completed as part of the Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust Green Ward Competition 2020, by the Endoscopy Team.
Team Members:
Ms. Sabiha Omar (Staff nurse), Ms. Sheela…
SusQI project completed as part of The 2020 Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust Green Ward Competition. This project was the competition winner.
Project Aims:To reduce the carbon footprint of…
Dear Colleagues,
Pleased to share with you the first environmental "parallel assessment" (Toolan et al., 2022) alongside a health economic analysis that I undertook last year for the Scottish…
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. This report…
Key learning point
The case study and discussion outlined above includes most of the information required to develop a sound business case for a programme to retro-fit heat exchangers to existing…
Published date
December 2012
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by
Steve Milne, East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust
This patient- and clinician-facing website gives guidance on choosing inhalers with lower environmental impact - something which is now included in the BTS asthma guidelines.
Section 8.6 of the newBTS/SIGN Guideline for the management of asthma highlights the environmental impactof metered dose inhalers (pMDI) and recommends that inhalers with low global-warming potential…