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…
Green Nursing Challenge 2026 - Centre for Sustainable HealthcareApplications now open!Fully funded by Micro-Tech UK.The Green Nursing Challenge 2026 is CSH’s second national Green Nursing Challenge,…
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…
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…
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…