'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…
Study comparing an acute care unit with an intensive care unit in the US:
"An acute care unit generates 5.5kg of solid waste and 45kg CO2-e per hospitalization day. The ICU generates 7.1kg of solid…
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December 2021
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Prasad, P. A., Joshi, D., Lighter, J., Agins, J., Allen, R., Collins, M., Pena, F., Velletri, J., & Thiel, C.
Royal College of Podiatry members look at the green initiatives that they have been implementing in their departments and clinics to help reduce their carbon…
Professor Nicolas Martin, Mr Steve Mulligan and co-authorshave recently published two articles on sustainable oral healthcarein the Dental Update Journal.
Both parts can be found below.
Part…
This project was started by Alifia Chakera, with support from CSH Fellows Chris Allen and Amarantha Fennell-Wells and The Association of Anaesthetists Environmental Champions.Following…
Hi all,
Thought I would share our first Green Newsletter with everyone to inspire each other to do similar projects as well as potential future collaboration!
Many thanks.
jason
We are very pleased with the progress being made on anaesthetic nitrous oxide mitigation happening across the UK, ROI and internationally.
For those who have not seen the recording of the launch…
This article has been created to provide a framework within gastroenterology to design and implement Quality Improvement Projects (QIPs). It has been developed in line with the National Health Service…