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I hope this might be interesting to some members, this article reports on work we have been doing to look at overuse in health care as a form of overconsumption, and examines health care overuse from…
A report on wasteful spending on health across OECD countries looking at waste in the clinical, operative and governance arenas and tools to reduce it.
Chen, M., Zhou, R., Du, C. et al. Int Urol Nephrol (2016). doi:10.1007/s11255-016-1418-5
This study aimed to determine the carbon footprints of peritoneal dialysis (PD) with the different…
The South East region has worked collaboratively with a number of SE systems to create a series of patient-facing videos about inhalers. The videos are centered aroundpatient choice;what to expect…
Patients receiving enteral feeding in the community require plastics/ancillaries to allow feed to be pumped/bolused via the feeding tube. Multi-use syringes are deemed adequate for use in the…
Setting/Patient Group: Dialysis, Emergency Department and Theatres
Issue to be addressed:
Healthcare is a major contributor to demand for virgin single-use plastic.
A successful model for PVC…
Here are some links to Dutch information:
-national green deal: The five goals of the Green Deal for Sustainable Healthcare (greendeals.nl)
-our website: www.sustainablehospital.org
-knmp…
This study used an audit approach to explore the potential for sustainability in dental practice by measuring the nature and quantity of dental clinical waste, and assessing the feasibility of…
This journal looks into the effects which have been created as part of the covid pandemic, climate change, global warming, and greenhouse gases that pollute the planet which is having an impact on the…
