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Orthopaedic Boots - What's the carbon footprint?

Created on
25 Oct 2022
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Joanne Sullivan
Hi All I am looking for information on the carbon footprint of the Mediboot (see picture). In Wales we use around 22,000 of these boots a year. When treatment is complete the majority of boots…
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Mapping the CO2 footprint of a Pathology Test

Created on
21 Oct 2022
by
Andrew Turner
HI all, we have been working with some of the NHS Pathology Networks and developed a Specimen Quality and Transport Dashboard, this includes a carbon footprint section that provides a set of measures…
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New Theatre build. What should we be thinking about

Created on
12 Oct 2022
by
Adrian Simons
Hi, I am a consultant Orthopaedic upper limb surgeon in the West Midlands. I am involved as a clinical advisor in the project to refurbish what is currently a ward to provide 4 new Laminar flow…
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Community footprints

Created on
7 Oct 2022
by
Stuart Jeffery
Hi All I am pulling together a HSDR bid to look at sustainability improvements and CO2 reductions of various car closer to homes / out of hospital / virtual ward approaches (plus a comparator with…
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Help creating a survey

Created on
5 Oct 2022
by
Ife Osinkolu
Good Morning all, Is anyone aware of any published work that involved surveying theatre staff (scrub nurses/ODP/Surgeons) on their opinion on sustainability within their current practice. I am…
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Launch of the SusQI Academy and Expansion of the SusQI Beacon Site Programme

Created on
4 Oct 2022
by
Alice Clack
This month, the CSH SusQI education team are launching the SusQI Academy, and expanding the SusQI Beacon Site Accreditation programme, to enable all health education and health delivery institutions…
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Heat recovery projects

Created on
4 Oct 2022
by
Joshua Cartwright
Hi Does anyone have any experience of heat recovery projects in any context? More specifically - waste/domestic water heat recovery. I am working within the context of…
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Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) of single use vs reusable duodenoscopes

Created on
26 Sep 2022
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Robin Baddeley
A life cycle analysis study of single use vs reusable duodenoscopes has now been published in full: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35718068/ The paper focuses on the use of the endoscopes…
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Waste Anesthesia Gas Capture

Created on
19 Sep 2022
by
Dan McElroy
Hello, I did see a few brief discussions regarding WAG capture technology. Is anyone currently useing it with in their hospital? Is there any supporting data that you can point…