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Project completed as part of the 2023-4 Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Green Team Competition.
Team members
● Tim Orr, Consultant Anaesthetist, Sustainability Lead Anaesthesia and Operating…
Published date
March 2024
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Tim Orr (Consultant Anaesthetist) and Poppy Robinson, Senior Operating Department Practitioner, Obstetric and Gynaecology Theatres
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…
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