What is your opinion on the use of disposable endoscope valves? We cannot recognise any advantage here - apart from the 'saved' reprocessing. Are there any scientific studies on this? Of course, the…
I am an Improvement Practitioner working at the RUH, Bath. Today, we held our relaunch of the Green Endoscopy Group. Lots of ideas, but we are focussing on some 'quick' wins to be begin with and would…
Hi all,
I'm scoping a project to help a secondary care team quantify carbon savings from work they've done to reduce the time people spent in MRI scanners, including reducing the need for general…
Dear Network Members,
We at CSH are working with e-learning for health to create a Green Endoscopy module.
We are looking for case studies of green endoscopy in practice which we could shine a…
Dear Colleagues,
May I kindly ask if anyone knows if industry suppliers can/have participated in the CSH green- healthcare wards/team competitions to help support the research (and not in terms…
Single use plastic cages are often used to ensure that buttons are kept with the scope for traceability--Does anyone have any alternative solutions (which avoid single use plastic)?
Reusable metal…
Mina Moawad, working with the Oxford Academic Health Science Network (AHSN) as Methodologist/Health Economist, an NHS body hosted by the Oxford University Hospitals would like your help.
Mina is…
This review article published this month in Radiology includes some specific actions to address climate change in radiology departmentsClimate Change and Radiology: Impetus for Change and a Toolkit…
You may already be aware, but recent evidence has documented gadolinium (likely healthcare related) is ending up in our water, including rivers and oceans, as well as impacting animal development.…
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