University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust are relaunching a gloves off reduction campaign in response to a change in policy. That being, removal of gloves and aprons for the respiratory…
University Hospitals Sussex Foundation Trust recently ratified an updated Standard/ Transmission based precautions policy. Key changes included tighter definitions of when gloves must be worn and the…
Apologies to all those who tried to join today's sharing session on the BTS Sustainability Toolkit. An unexpected IT issue seems to have resulted in attendees being unable to join from the eventbrite…
I’m pleased to share with you an article presenting environmental performance indicators for the management of healthcare services, validated by experts.I hope it may be useful to the group and…
UK infection societies' position statement on glove use in health and social care now published -https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590170226001780?via%3DihubIt would be good to…
The neonatal milk team use doner breast milk for babies on the wards. The milk is prepared using one per person plastic jugs and plastic containers. Numbers from stores said about 100 per month - 52p…
Last week, members of the Healthy Air Coalition staged a protest in Parliament Square, calling on the government to write a new Clean Air Act. 98.7% of people in England live in areas exceeding WHO…
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…
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…
I received some communication (see below post) from a company that sells sustainable baby wipes (I have no conflict of interest with the company).Just wondering if there have been pieces of work…