As part of our practice’s work towards sustainable healthcare, we have been looking at useful resources to help our team understand sustainability, climate change and the links with health and…
Administering appropriate parenteral medications in dialysis care by IV push, instead of infusion, saves time, money, and plastic. We aim to expand beyond IV iron to appropriate IV antimicrobials for…
Hi Everyone,It would be great to collect some resources to inform decisions about single use versus reusable gowns.I've recently come across this paper which suggests that reusable are safer in…
Hey Team!Do we know if anyone has done anything on reducing environmental impact from transport to dialysis?This could include, but not limited to;improving allocation of patients to nearest dialysis…
If you use reusable tourniquets in your organisation do you have to deep clean them at the end of the day as well as clinell wiping between patients? I'm working with a team who have been advised to…
Congratulations to the European Renal Association for introducing sustainability measures to their annual conference. At ERA26 in Glasgow this week, single-use plastics have been removed and local…
Hi. Do any Trusts allow in-patient phlebotomy to take bloods without aprons on? I'm working with a team whose SOP states they must wear aprons for all in-patient and they are struggling to get it…
New Case Study on Reducing Nitrous Oxide Waste in Dental SettingsI wanted to share a short case study from UCLH on reducing nitrous oxide waste in dental care.The team at the Royal National ENT and…
We advise patients against showering with TCVC - particularly when skin has not yet healed up. However, patients consider ability to shower as important to them. (Patient and Health Care Provider…