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Case study: SusQI

Minimizing desflurane use and decreasing fresh gas flows, Anesthetics

Project completed as part of the South Health Campus, Alberta Health Services Green Team Competition, 2024Team membersVivian Ip, Nathan Brown, Alan Chu, Leyla Baghirzada, Joanna Fifen, Esther Ho, Ryan…

September 2024

Ip, V., Brown, N.

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Women's Health Sustainability event - Sustainability and the NHS supply chain - dilemmas and opportuinities

The Event includes two great presentations as follows, which can be downloaded via the following Google-drive…

July 2024

Prof Mahmood Bhutta and Dr Rachel Drayton

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Academic publication

Dermatological societies and their climate change and sustainability commitment through 2024

An insightful study surveying dermatological societies' environmental sustainability governance and member activity in regard to environmental sustainability and climate change. This study is…

Dennis Niebel, Simon Tso, Eva Rawlings Parker, Misha Rosenbach, Eugene Tan, Hok Bing Thio, Sarah Coates, Louise Kronborg Andersen, Paige W. Wolstencroft, Christina Hecker, Susanne Saha, David de Berker

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Case study: SusQI

Reducing Nitrous Oxide Emissions and Waste

Technical Case StudyGlobally,anaesthetic gases are responsible for ∼2-3% of Healthcare’s carbon footprint.The United Kingdom has steadfastly reduced its emissions associated with volatile…

January 2024

NHS Scotland

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Academic publication

Same-day surgery promotes sustainability in dermatology

Letter to the editorCross sectional study looking at the outcome from doing surgical procedures on the same day as patient outpatient clinic.

June 2023

Claire Doyle , Orla McFeely , Paula Beatty, Lisa Murphy, Sarah O’Mahoney , Marta Costa Blasco, Madonna Andrawis and Anne-Marie Tobin

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Editorial: The Green Surgery report: a guide to reducing the environmental impact of surgical care, but will it be implemented?

"TheGreen Surgeryreport is best viewed as an evidence base and tool for action but will need ongoing commitment to support implementation, and an exploration of the barriers and incentives to…

April 2024

Bhutta, M., Rizan, C.

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Academic publication

Topical treatment samples: plastic, recycling and sustainability

Letter to editor regarding sustainability of topical treatment samples.

January 2022

E. Kamp, E. Musbahi, P. Gupta

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Case study: SusQI

A paradigm change: from disposable to reusable instruments usage in the Ophthalmology Department

Project completed as part of the 2023-4 Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust Green Team Competition. Team members Tristan McMullan, Consultant Opthamologist Gabriele Quaranta,…

March 2024

Tristan McMullan, Consultant ophthalmologist and Gabriele Quaranta, Oculoplastics Fellow

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Case study: SusQI

Rationalising drugs in the operating theatre, Operating Services, Critical Care and Anaesthesia (OSCCA) and Pharmacy

Project completed as part of the 2023-4 Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Green Team Competition. Team members • Tim Orr (Consultant Anaesthetist) • Caroline Dalton (Recovery Lead…

March 2024

Tim Orr (Consultant Anaesthetist), Caroline Dalton (Recovery Lead Practitioner) and Matt Clarke (Principal Pharmacist, Medicines Information)

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Case study: SusQI

Extending the life of anaesthetic circuit tubing and rationalising our suction waste stream

Project completed as part of the 2023-4 Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Green Team Competition. Team members ● Tim Orr, Consultant Anaesthetist, Sustainability Lead Anaesthesia and Operating…

March 2024

Tim Orr (Consultant Anaesthetist) and Poppy Robinson, Senior Operating Department Practitioner, Obstetric and Gynaecology Theatres

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