Certain diseases that were once thought almost eradicated are now making a resurgence. But why is this the case and how can we defend against them? Human culpability Human behaviour is a primary cause of disease resurgence. For instance,...
25th April is World Malaria Day. Year after year, this date is set aside to help spread awareness about the disease and to take further steps towards the ultimate goal – achieving the zero Malaria target. But what is...
NHS England has announced a new strategy to improve the sustainability of service providers across the nation. As part of a collection of documents that include the newly revised HTM 07-01, this new campaign will address clinical waste generation...
Your carbon footprint is the amount of carbon that’s released into the atmosphere, generated by your daily activities.1 As a business, your carbon footprint incorporates greenhouse gases produced by any business operations, including those that you perhaps wouldn’t expect....
Did you know that marine plant life generates 70% of the oxygen we breathe?1 Ocean life is one of our most important ecosystems – keeping the oceans clean helps support those ecosystems. Yet humans continue to destroy them with...
The Environmental Protection Act 1990 has, for over 30 years, been the go-to legislation for guidance regarding waste disposal in businesses. The Duty of Care is part of this legislation, and states that it is the legal duty of...
Research suggests that the air we breathe is teeming with over 1,800 different types of bacteria, spores and other pathogens. Most of these microbes are completely harmless, and don’t have any impact on our health at all. However, there...
Clinical waste – both Orange Clinical/Infectious and Yellow Clinical/Highly Infectious – is one of the most common waste streams in healthcare settings. However, are you certain that you are segregating this waste correctly as well as disposing of it...
It is becoming increasingly clear that we all need to do our bit to minimise our impact on the environment. Alongside this, in healthcare settings, another modern challenge is the spread of infection, and the growing rate of antimicrobial...
November 18-24 is World Antimicrobial Awareness Week. As such, we’ve taken the opportunity to look at one of the known “superbugs” of our time – methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). But what is MRSA and why is it such a...