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PhD opportunity - "Barriers and solutions to creating environmentally sustainable surgery"

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1 Apr 2022
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Catherine Floyd
Short notice, as closing date Sunday 3 April - a PhD opportunity at the University of Birmingham (for those with a medical degree) The project would be based in the global surgery unit at the…
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Green Endoscopy: Counting the Carbon Cost of Our Practice

Created on
18 Mar 2022
by
Robin Baddeley
We have just published a commentary on Green Endoscopy in Gastroenterology,a major gastroenterology journal. https://www.gastrojournal.org/article/S0016-5085(22)00147-0/fulltext Here we…
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Ethyl chloride spray alternatives

Created on
11 Mar 2022
by
Laura Elgie
Hello friends and colleagues Does anyone here use anything other than ethyl chloride spray to test the level of spinal/epidural blocks? We'd like to move away from ethyl chloride in my department…
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New Sustainable Anaesthetics Course

Created on
7 Mar 2022
by
Hayley Pinto
In view of the significant contribution anaesthetics make to the NHS carbon footprint, CSH have developed a new course focused on Sustainable Anaesthetics. I wonder if you would be interested in…
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Sharing Hour - reusable Vs single use equipment

Created on
11 Feb 2022
by
Jason Gandhi
Hello everyone, This nextSharing Hourof 2022 held by the Association of Anaesthetists and Centre For Sustainable Healthcare will focus onreusable Vs single use equipment. All are…
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Single use Chlorhexidine surgical skin prep

Created on
17 Jan 2022
by
Emma Evans
Hi Has anyone converted back from chloraprep to standard bottles of chlorhexidine prep ( or justified not moving to single use) in their operating theatres? We have mixed practice and I'd like…
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Help in process for analysing theatre waste

Created on
11 Jan 2022
by
Olly Mawson
Hi, I am the Sustainability Engagement Officer for the RD&E Trust in Devon. I am working with Theatre colleagues to develop plans to reduce our clinical waste in theatres. Does anyone have any…
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Green Endoscopy Edition of TIGE

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13 Dec 2021
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Robin Baddeley
Those of you wanting to learn more on the topic of sustainable endoscopy should read a recent edition of the journalTechniques in Gastrointestinal Endoscopywhich isparticularly focussed on…
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Update on Green Endoscopy (Lancet Gastroenterology and Hepatology)

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13 Dec 2021
by
Robin Baddeley
Do have a gander at a recent commentary piece we wrote for the Lancet Gastroenterology and Hepatology on the topic of sustainable endoscopy. It provides an update on the field of Green Endoscopy on…
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Laryngoscopes - disposable vs reusable

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9 Dec 2021
by
Becki Taylor-Smith
Hi all, would really like to hear from anyone who has experience of reusable laryngoscopes or of recycling laryngoscope blades. Have you always used them? Have you managed to transition from…