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Green 4 Health podcast

Created on
7 Nov 2022
by
Angela Hayes
My first podcast- looking at being green in health care. I'm interviewing Dr Finella Craig,Consultant in Paediatric Palliative Care Medicine at Great Ormond Street Green 4 Health: Dr Fin Craig…
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Ethyl Chloride Spray in Paediatrics

Created on
3 Nov 2022
by
Emily Parker
Hi there, I am working with some doctors who want to do a project on reducing the use of ethyl chloride spray for venepuncture/cannulation analgesia in paediatrics. Has anyone done any work on this…
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Orthopaedic Boots - What's the carbon footprint?

Created on
25 Oct 2022
by
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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Inhaler returns

Created on
17 Oct 2022
by
Emily Parker
Hi everyone, I'm working in paediatrics in Newcastle and looking into inhaler carbon footprints, amongst other things. I've been trying to find out about hospital / community inhaler return schemes…
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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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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
by
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…