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Interesting and important letter regarding the sustainability of emollient use

Project completed as part of the 2021 Green Team Competition. Setting/Patient Group: Operating theatres Issue to be addressed: Approximately 23% of carbon emissions from surgery are due…

Project completed as part of the 2021 Green Surgery Challenge Setting/Patient Group: Trust-wide Issue to be addressed: To eliminate the second group and save (G&S) blood test in the…

This case study was joint winner of the 2013 Green Nephrology Awards.The project was implemented by a multi professional team, comprising Gary Carlisle (ward manager), David Croft (chief renal…

Environmental optimizations in kidney care have been analysed as part of the EU co-funded KitNewCare project.Life Cycle Assessments (LCA) using Ecoinvent database and OpenLCA software quantified…

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 Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS FT Green Team Competitionfrom September - December 2022. Setting/Patient Group: Orthopaedic surgery – trust-wide Issue to…

Setting/Patient Group: Trust-wide Issue to be addressed: Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospital NHS Trust estimate procurement of more than one million syringes in 2013 representing…

Key learning point “Finding money for green initiatives is always difficult, It would be wonderful if the Unit would re-invest some of its cost savings into more carbon reductions, for example to…

These recommendations to support healthcare providers working in the renal field were developed to raise awareness of the importance of evaluation of the current situation in their renal units as a…