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The Primary Care Respiratory Society (PCRS) Greener Respiratory Healthcare Quality Improvement (QI) toolkit has been developed to support heathcare professionals working in the primary care setting to…

Are you interested in reducing the environmental impact of the treatment you provide to Respiratory patients? Have you heard about carbon footprint but don't know where to get started? Help is at…

An excellent resource produced by RCPCH climate change working group- focused on action in the UK but could be useful for others too. This toolkit has been produced to support you to contact your…

Great study from Rizan et al (2021) estimating 'the carbon footprint and financial cost of decontaminating (steam sterilization) and packaging reusable surgical instruments. The study indicateshow the…

Abstract: Climate change has been increasingly recognized in the healthcare sector over recent years, with global implications in infrastructure, economics, and public health. As a result, a growing…

Project completed as part of the 2021 Green Surgery Challenge. Setting/Patient Group: Operating theatre Issue to be addressed: Appendicectomy remains the most performed acute general…

Sulphur hexafluoride (SF6), is it an essential medicine? An overview of the medical application areas of SF6. Is it really needed when there are low or zero global warming potential alternatives.

In this review of 49 clinical guidelines from British, Chinese, Indian, Brazilian, Australian, European, German, and US-American medical associations, the authors found keywords related to planetary…

Propellants in metered dose inhalers are powerful greenhouse gases. It is five years since the Climate Change Act (2008) was introduced to ensure that by 2050 the United Kingdom cuts its carbon…

Great study from Rizan et al (2021) estimating 'the carbon footprint and financial cost of decontaminating (steam sterilization) and packaging reusable surgical instruments. The study indicateshow the…