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Graham Pike
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IPC and Clinical Sustainability Lead at Great Western Hospital, Swindon.
Received a hard copy of my first ever journal article in the post today!! An editorial in the Hygienes journal. Very grateful to the excellent translator as there's no way my GCSE/Duolingo French was up to the task!

www.hygienes.net/actualite/ed...
Édito | Lutte contre les infections et développement durable : quelle logique ? | HYGIENES
Que signifie exactement le développement durable, et en quoi est-il pertinent pour la prévention des infections ? Pour répondre à la première question : un processus est durable s’il peut être mainten...
www.hygienes.net
June 3, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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TANK vs TESLA

"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"

- ⁠WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
May 7, 2025 at 4:46 PM
I've written my first blog post! On my hobbyhorse subject of IPC and its potential for enabling healthcare to be less wasteful. www.ips.uk.net/post/news/th...
The Role of IPC in Sustainable Healthcare: Fighting Climate Change from the Frontline | IPS
www.ips.uk.net
April 17, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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Learn more about the health impacts of climate change in the UK!

The UKHACC has been a proud contributor to this #Wikipedia page! The idea is to create awareness and reduce the spread of misinformation regarding climate change and how it impacts our health!

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effects...
Effects of climate change on health in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
January 8, 2025 at 4:12 PM
This week we published our report on the work we’ve been doing at Great Western Hospitals to demonstrate what can be achieved when IPC and Sustainability teams work together formally. Do have a read of our rather eye-catching (at least I think so!) report: www.gwh.nhs.uk/media/aakj2u...
www.gwh.nhs.uk
December 14, 2024 at 6:37 PM
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We all think plastic pollution is a problem, and it is. In the nearly 70 years between 1950 and 2019, the world produced a total of ~9.5 billion tonnes of plastic.

But all the plastic we have EVER produced weighs as much as CO₂ we emitted into the atmosphere during the first three months of 2024!
November 29, 2024 at 6:44 PM
Here are the warming stripes for my work “home” town of Swindon. You can check yours out by clicking the link. Things are heating up pretty fast now. showyourstripes.info/s/europe/uni...
Show Your Stripes
Visualising how the climate has changed for every country across the globe
showyourstripes.info
November 29, 2024 at 6:22 PM
I’m both delighted and proud that the Infection Prevention Society is a signatory to this letter. The health impacts of climate change are truly terrifying.
November 16, 2024 at 2:13 PM
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We're not going to terraform Mars, but we're doing a good job of venusforming Earth.
November 15, 2024 at 5:05 PM