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Midlands Greener NHS Regional Roadshow: Sustainable Surgery and Operating Theatres

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16 Jan 2024
by
Kim Croasdale
Join us on 22 February to learn about how colleagues across the NHS are working to make surgery and NHS operating theatres more sustainable. Hear from experts in the field including: Prof…
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Diagnostic Stewardship and laboratory Sustainability

Created on
7 Dec 2023
by
Rob Shorten
Here are three posters that the microbiology team at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals presented at the Federation of Infection Societies (FIS) in Edinburgh last month. We can reduce the carbon footprint…
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Serum protein capillary vs gel electrophoresis

Created on
30 Nov 2023
by
Andre Mattman
I am planning to change our laboratory to capillary electrophoresis from gel electrophoresis. Are any members aware of an assessment of the impact of this change on the environmental footprint? I…
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Reducing CO2e waste through implementing remanufactured harmonic scalpels in laparoscopic surgery and replacing disposable surgical gowns with reusable surgical gowns

Created on
28 Nov 2023
by
Krithea Baker
Project completed as part of the Hampshire Hospitals Green Team Competition 2023. Team members: Laura Vale, Senior Operating Department Practitioner Krithea Baker, Recovery Nurse…
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Surgical set rationalisation

Created on
8 Nov 2023
by
Nicole Fletcher
NHSE working with the Health Innovation North West Coast and Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust have developed a reproducible process for hospitals to rationalise surgical sets, reducing carbon intensive…
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Research in Clinical Lab sustainability

Created on
26 Oct 2023
by
Sheri Scott
Hi All Just wanted to draw your attention to a newly published study linking lab sustainability, carbon emissions and sample error rates. I hope to see more studies like this in the…
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Industry involvement with CSH greening healthcare competition?

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7 Sep 2023
by
Melissa Pegg
Dear Colleagues, May I kindly ask if anyone knows if industry suppliers can/have participated in the CSH green- healthcare wards/team competitions to help support the research (and not in terms…
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Ultrasonic devices query

Created on
29 Aug 2023
by
Agnes Henson
Hi all, I am analysing NHS procurement data for harmonic scalpels/shears for a sustainability project and am finding a large uptick in demand in 2022/23 compared to previous years. Would be keen to…
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Survey – Green operating theatres

Created on
23 Aug 2023
by
Talya Porat
Dear all, We would be grateful if you could complete this survey looking at sustainability in operating theatres. We welcome responses from anyone who works in OTs – nurses, anaesthetists, ODPs and…
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The Operating Theatres Susnet name is changing and we want to hear from you first!

Created on
16 Aug 2023
by
Rachael Ward
We would like to rename the Operating Theatres Susnet to ensure that it fully incorporates all of the staff practising across the surgical care space - remaining inclusive of ODPs, anaesthetists,…