Hi, I am the Sustainability Engagement Officer for the RD&E Trust in Devon. I am working with Theatre colleagues to develop plans to reduce our clinical waste in theatres. Does anyone have any…
International conference: Community Nursing Towards Sustainable Health Linnaeus University, Växjö, Sweden - June 21-22, 2022 Call for abstracts closes 7 January 2022.…
Hi all, would really like to hear from anyone who has experience of reusable laryngoscopes or of recycling laryngoscope blades.
Have you always used them? Have you managed to transition from…
Hi everyone. I have a slightly niche question that I've been asked by senior theatre nurses and don't have an answer for.
We are having issues with the supply of disposable canisters. We do have…
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The next sharing hour will be held onTuesday 14th December 2021 at 7pm
The theme will be Anaesthetic Gases.
Please follow this link to find out more details, sign up to the event…
Summary
Routine use of a blood test to rule out pre-eclampsia which is keeping thousands of pregnant women safe and out of hospital, as well as reducing NHS costs, has carbon reduction…
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We're currently about to embark on refurbishing/changing the layout ofseveral anaesthetic theatres in our trust. This is something I haven't been able to find much literature on but I was…
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I'm new to the Network and you may have discussed this before but can I ask for peoples' experience with recycling diathermy handpieces, cords and diathermy pads? We use a lot of…
Carbon footprint of single-use &reusable sharps
This open access BMJ article investigates the carbon footprint of converting fromsingle-useto reusable sharps containers in 40 UK NHS trusts.
The…
We are pleased to introduce the team from Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trustwho will be joining theGreen Surgery Conference November 4thas one of the Green Surgery Challenge finalists.
The team…