2021
DOI: 10.1186/s12909-021-02963-7
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Sustainability in Quality Improvement (SusQI): challenges and strategies for translating undergraduate learning into clinical practice

Abstract: Background The healthcare sector is a major contributor to climate change and there are international calls to mitigate environmental degradation through more sustainable forms of clinical care. The UK healthcare sector has committed to net zero carbon by 2040 and sustainable healthcare is a nationally mandated outcome for all UK graduating doctors who must demonstrate their ability to address social, economic, and environmental challenges. Bristol Medical School piloted successful Sustainabili… Show more

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“…The sustainability in quality improvement framework offers simple solutions to reduce your carbon footprint. 10 Inspect your surgical sets after an operation, looking for evidence of overage, single-use instrument waste, and frequent opening of individually wrapped instruments. Set up a focus group comprising key stakeholders from the surgical team, including consultants, junior doctors, scrub nurses, and theatre managers to review instrument usage.…”
Section: What You Can Domentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The sustainability in quality improvement framework offers simple solutions to reduce your carbon footprint. 10 Inspect your surgical sets after an operation, looking for evidence of overage, single-use instrument waste, and frequent opening of individually wrapped instruments. Set up a focus group comprising key stakeholders from the surgical team, including consultants, junior doctors, scrub nurses, and theatre managers to review instrument usage.…”
Section: What You Can Domentioning
confidence: 99%