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Abstract
The US Environmental Protection Agency Resource Conservation website begins: “Natural resource and energy conservation is achieved by…
Aisling Condon and Helen Taylor from the Carbon Literacy Project, give an introduction to Carbon Literacy in healthcare and for AHPs specifically. The presentation aims to increase awareness and…
Keele University Medical School educators have developed their own cases based around four prominent types of waste within the NHS: food, pharmaceutical, clinical and fuel, which they have given…
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…
Published date
January 2011
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Simeon Edwards, Renal Unit Manager, Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust
A really interesting article looking at the individual contribution of different methods of ‘greening’ strategies in operating theatres.
It highlights how changesin anaesthetic gas usage can have…
“How can Dentistry be Sustainable? An Exploratory Study” (YouTube Video of presentation of the study)
by Ian Mills (partner at Torrington Dental Practice) and Dr Jane Grose (Senior Research Fellow,…
Resource Description:
Duane et al. “Carbon mitigation, patient choice and cost reduction – triple bottom line optimisation for health care planning” Public Health 2014…
Published date
June 2018
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Duane, B., Taylor, T., Stahl-Timmins, W., Hyland, J., Mackie, P. & Pollard, A.
For anyone who was unable to attend our webinar on Reusable Medical Textiles, the presenters have very kindly provided their slides for review. The full recording of the webinar is also attached. …
This (open access) paper compares the carbon footprint of 3 operating theatres (UK, US and Canada). It is really interesting to see how different institutional practices influence the carbon…
