Resource library

SusQI project on Reducing Unnecessary Cannulation completed as part of The 2018 Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust Green Ward Competition. Team members: Cassie Worth - Emergency…

The Sustainable Healthcare Coalition's produced a case study of a life cycle assessment for continuous renal replacment therapy (CRRT) using the Baxter PrismaFlex. Carbon footprint of 72 hours of…

This article by CSH's Sustainable Surgery Fellow, Chantelle Rizan, and co-authors, providesgreenhouse gas emission factors for the different healthcare waste streams in the…

Background: Health-care services are necessary for sustaining and improving human wellbeing, yet they have an environmental footprint that contributes to environment-related threats to human health.…

Sustainability in Healthcare. Before you reach for gloves stop and ask 'am I at risk'? - Be glove aware and only wear them when you need to. This poster from the Intensive Care Society is a…

Project completed as part of the 2024 Coventry and Warwickshire Green Team Competition.Team Members:Dr Anthony HardingDr Kate LaverSetting / patent group: Critical care unitIssue:Central Line Packs:…

The European Society of Intensive Care Medicine's Green Paper provides information and recommendations for improving environmental sustainability within intensive care clinical practice, research and…

The Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society (ANZICS) have produced this toolkit: A beginners guide to sustainability in the ICU There is guidance on these themes for intensive care…

The GREEN-ICU webpage shares information about research, education and clinical practice related to responsible and sustainable critical care.

This article provides an overview of intensive care environmental sustainability with a nice summary figure of recommendations to focus on for reducing the carbon footprint of ICUs and 'getting our…