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The evidence regarding community treatment order effectiveness has been conflicting. This systematic review aims to bring up to date the review performed by Churchill and colleagues in 2005 by…
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April 2014
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Maughan, D., Molodynski, A., Rugkasa, J., and Burns, T.
This article looks at how nursing has a global role, which requires an urgent response in public health challenges. Further nursing workforce development globally is needed to expand the role of…
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January 2021
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Sheryl M. Zang, Ivy Benjenk, Suellen Breakey, Eleonor Pusey-Reid, Patrice K. Nicholas
Great study from Rizan et al (2021) estimating 'the carbon footprint and financial cost of decontaminating (steam sterilization) and packaging reusable surgical instruments. The study indicateshow the…
This project was highly commended in the 2018 Green Ward Competition Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust.
Key learning point: There are multiple opportunities to reduce waste and water…
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December 2018
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Jenkins H, Webb L, Eyles K, Dicks M, McAleer N, Luke R, Al-Zaved H, Harry J, Channing K, Hubbard A & Bingham C
This article takes a main focus on the current climate and the need for more knowledge while in training. Climate change has a detrimental impact on everyone’s health, significantly impacting the…
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December 2020
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Shannon Y. Vandenberg, Andrea Chircop, Monique Sedgwick, David Scott
Propellants in metered dose inhalers are powerful greenhouse gases. It is five years since the Climate Change Act (2008) was introduced to ensure that by 2050 the United Kingdom cuts its carbon…
'Health care itself contributes to climate change. Anesthesia is a “carbon hotspot,” yet few data exist to compare anesthetic choices. The authors examined the carbon dioxide equivalent emissions…
