KitNewCare is a pioneering EU co-funded project dedicated to making kidney healthcare more environmentally sustainable. We are now seeking EU and UK kidney centres to join the project as Associate…
Has anyone got a sustainable alternative to sealing pharmacy delivery bags? Like many pharmacy departments we use small plastic tags to secure bags prior to delivery. On receipt the tags are snapped…
Hello!We are evaluating the carbon footprint of our team's structured medication reviews for a large cohort of frail people living in care homes (we see about 1500 residents a year) and eventually…
Does anyone have an existing SOP or protocol for incrementing peritoneal dialysis prescriptions according to residual urine output and clearances? I am aware units are doing this, but we don't have…
Hello all,We currently have an Oxy'Pharm device (Nocospray 2) that we use for fogging rooms in our hospice. Oxy'Pharm will not sell us only one bottle of Nocolyse (hydrogen peroxide); we need to buy a…
Following our recent visit to UNIMORE in Modena (shared in my previous blog), Frances Mortimer (Work Package 3 Lead) and I (Work Package 3 Project Manager) travelled on to Milan to attend the European…
Dear all,Thank you to those who were able to attend our learning session this morning. We know there's never a good time for everyone, so please find the recording of the meeting…
Dear all,A reminder we are welcoming Dr Forbes McGain to speak to us about life cycle analysis this Monday 15th December at 8am.Dr McGain is the author of:The Environmental footprint of morphine: a…
In November, myself and Frances Mortimer had the opportunity to visit one of our KitNewCare pilot sites, UNIMORE Hospital in Modena Italy. Our aim for the visit was to spend time with the team,…
Dear all,Last week Paul Fraser (one of our co-leads) led a session at the Hospice UK conference, where we heard from two of our Greener Palliative Care pilot sites, and had a great discussion with…