Creating resilient and sustainable products for healthcare
Navigating the turbulence of creating a sustainable, reusable, personalised theatre cap range has not been an easy task.
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Working towards a safer and more sustainable NHS by innovating cost-effective solutions.
Leading the change away from disposable products
Eco Ninjas by Warwick Med are leading the way by helping hospital theatres transition from disposable theatre caps to reusable “name and role” quality fabric hats.
Not only do they enhance patient safety and reduce patients’ anxiety, but they also improve communication significantly during operations as everyone can quickly connect and identify easily with others.
We manufacture/supply all types of operating theatre hats including plain, with or without logos, name & role embroidered and our new badge hat range which we believe will transform the way staff interact with their colleagues on a daily basis.
“Over 1.4% of supply chain emissions are due to single-use devices. An initiative from the NHS England’s net zero policy is to use resources more efficiently.”
NHS England, 2020.
New habits
Making this sustainable change away from disposable theatre hats to reusable will require a new habit to be built.
Staff removing their badges from their hats at the end of each shift, cleaning and storing them away until they use it again, will soon become an automatic response, just like the way staff take their disposable hats off and put them into the bin each day.
Different coloured badge for different roles
One coloured badge for all roles
Badge colours
Blue
Black
Yellow
Green
Orange
Red
Grey
Reduce mistakes
Less waste to landfill
Can be centrally laundered
Enhanced patient safety
Cost savings
Improved staff morale
Sustainability award Winner 2022
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The North West Coast Research and Innovation Awards recognised outstanding work to improve health and care and find new and innovative ways to deliver services.
We were kindly invited to attend the Northwest Coast Research and Innovation Awards 2022 at Edge Hill University.
Liverpool University Hospital asked us to go along due to working so closely with them in implementing our embroidered theatre caps and I am delighted to say that this project won the Sustainability award 2022.
The effects
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