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Project completed as part of the 2024 Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Green Team Competition.Team members:Melanie Broach, MSK Therapy Team Lead RHCHKathryn Cartwright, MSK Therapy Team Lead…
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December 2024
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Melanie Broach and Kathryn Cartwright, MSK Therapy Team Leads
Hospitals and health systems emit an astounding amount of greenhouse gas emissions. Based on studies in the U.K. and U.S., over 60% of CO2 emissions from hospitals come from the supply chain. One of…
AbstractBackgroundHaemodialysis treatments generate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions mainly as a result of the equipment, consumables and pharmaceuticals required. An internal audit demonstrated a 33%…
We used attributional process-based life-cycle analysis to quantify CO2 equivalent emissions associated with the delivery of Baxter’s HomeChoice automated peritoneal dialysis (APD) and continuous…
Project completed as part of the South Health Campus, Alberta Health Services Green Team Competition, 2024
Team members
Michelle Shand (Program Manager - Surgical Services)
Rachel Taylor…
Launch of a new Healthcare LCA Database, an up-to-date repository of published life cycle assessements within healthcare.
'HealthcareLCA brings together environmental assessments of health systems,…
How to Drive Sustainable Healthcare: Educate, Engage, and Empower
https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/how-to-drive-sustainable-healthcare
Discover the importance of sustainability in…
Skin surgery and the patient pathway for those with skin cancer significantly contribute to the climate crisis. Dermatological surgeons recognize the role of global climate change as a significant…
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Fatima Ali, Yasmin Nikookam, William Hunt, Sophie Holloran, Eshen Ang, Catriona Chaolin, Maria Charlambides, Ashima Lowe, Luke Brindley, Rachel Abbott, Aaron Wernham
New paper launched in conjunction with the new HealthcareLCA database. Paper discusses the new open-access database, methods and everything known about life cycle assessments (LCA's) in healthcare so…
