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Traditional period products are mostly plastic and in our life-time we will use thousands, producing waste which ends up in landfill. By introducing period pants to young people in hospital we support…
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Duane et al. “Carbon mitigation, patient choice and cost reduction – triple bottom line optimisation for health care planning” Public Health 2014…
Published date
June 2018
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Duane, B., Taylor, T., Stahl-Timmins, W., Hyland, J., Mackie, P. & Pollard, A.
Book chapter
Health systems are significant contributors to carbon emissions, and the effects of climate change negatively impact human health. The chapter outlines the role of healthcare providers…
This is a practical tool for those involved in commissioning or building a new dialysis unit, or retrofitting an existing unit, to help with including sustainable features in the design.
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Recognised by UNESCO the Green Impact Awards program is delivered byStudents Organising for Sustainability (SOS-UK)and designed to provide practical advice and tips to dental teams across the UK, that…
This Sustainable Hospital website is a Dutch initiative connecting researchers with expertise in engineering, design and policy (TU Delft); medical sciences (Erasmus MC); operations & technology…
Quality improvement (QI) projects are a mandatory part of postgraduate medical training in the UK and graduating medical students must be competent in QI theory. We evaluated an educational toolkit…
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Spooner, R., Stanford, V., Parslow-Williams, S., Mortimer, F., & Leedham-Green, K.
*please note: this article is behind a paywall*
Abstract
The US Environmental Protection Agency Resource Conservation website begins: “Natural resource and energy conservation is achieved by…
Global resources are finite; as this becomes more apparent the concept of sustainability in healthcare is becoming more important. Ophthalmology is no exception and this paper has been created by a…
Determining the carbon footprint of specific health care activities such as cataract surgery allows the assessment of associated emissions and identifies opportunities for reduction.
This is the…
