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The study uses Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) to evaluate the carbon footprints of 3 vaginal speculum: a single-use acrylic and two reusable stainless steel. Overall, both types of reusables were found…
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31 May 2022 •
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Donahue LM, Hilton S, Bell SG, Williams BC, Keoleian GA.
I am so thrilled to have helped with the Centre for Sustainable Healthcare's first Sustainable Dentistry course.
What a fantastic start to the journeys of our participants: an innovative, excited,…
The carbon footprint of general anaesthetics: A case study in the UK
Xiaocheng Hu, JM Tom Pierce, Tim Taylor, Karyn Morrissey
Resources, Conservation & Recycling167(2021) 105411
Background…
This is not a new resource (published in 2017) but provides some really thought provoking reading on overdiagnosis, overtreatment and waste, including pharmaceutical waste.
Project completed as part of the North East London 2023 Green Team Competition as a partnership between NEL ICB, Newham Council and the Newham GP Federation.
As part of the NEL Green Team…
Considers the use of disposable duodenoscopes to prevent infection due to equipment contamination. Produces potential cost for different hospital settings in the USA.
Here’s the new Education for Sustainable Development Guidance from QAA/Advanced HE to encourage universities in the UK to embed sustainability into all courses from every discipline for teaching,…
The Health Outcomes of Travel Tool (HOTT) developed by the Greener NHS Team, formerly known as the SDU, supports NHS organisations to quantify the total health impact from travel and transport through…
The purpose of this Consensus Statement is to provide a global, collaborative, representative and inclusive vision for educating an interprofessional healthcare workforce that can deliver sustainable…