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dc.contributor.authorNichols, Andrew
dc.contributor.authorMukonoweshuro, R
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-04T10:01:05Z
dc.date.issued2017-06-01
dc.identifier.issn1355-1841
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/9184
dc.description.abstract

The literature identifies a need for healthcare organisations to reduce the quantities of waste they generate, their carbon footprints, financial costs and adverse environmental impacts. This paper discusses a qualitative investigation carried out a within a neonatal unit (NNU) using semi-structured interviews with staff with the intent of gaining a greater understanding of their knowledge around sustainability, their waste management practice and to identify opportunities in relation to potential sustainable waste management interventions within the NNU. The research was sited in a NNU within a United Kingdom (UK) district general hospital. Five semi structured interviews were carried out with key informants recruited from the nursing staff based within the NNU. Results indicate that NNU staff are aware of cost and environmental issues surrounding healthcare waste management and are willing to consider and adopt changes in practice intended to make financial savings and manage waste sustainably. This may be facilitated by the use of some form of continuing information feedback system and use of sustainable waste management interventions that change the management of waste within the neonatal unit.

dc.format.extent127-133
dc.languageen
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherElsevier BV
dc.subjectPediatric
dc.subjectClinical Research
dc.subjectHealth Services
dc.subject12 Responsible Consumption and Production
dc.titleUnderstanding and knowledge of sustainable waste management within the neonatal unit: A qualitative investigation
dc.typejournal-article
dc.typeJournal Article
plymouth.issue3
plymouth.volume23
plymouth.publication-statusPublished
plymouth.journalJournal of Neonatal Nursing
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.jnn.2016.10.002
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plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Business
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Business/Plymouth Business School
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/Faculty of Health
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/Faculty of Health/School of Nursing and Midwifery
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dcterms.dateAccepted2016-08-01
dc.rights.embargodate2017-10-27
dc.rights.embargoperiod12 months
rioxxterms.versionofrecord10.1016/j.jnn.2016.10.002
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