The sustainability grand rounds is a platform for educating university staff and health care workers about how they may improve their delivery of sustainable healthcare. It aims to increase the amount and volume of conversation in relation to this topic. This meeting provides an opportunity to share learnings, understand what is being delivered and what can be done but also a space to help each other overcome obstacles.

  • Mrs Kylie Feely, Equipment Nurse Sunshine Intensive Care, Western Health. 

    Kylie Feely completed her bachelor degree in 2000 then her Critical Care Graduate certificate in 2004. In 2008, Kylie became a valued employee with Western Health Intensive Care. In 2021, Kylie was appointed the equipment nurse specialist for Sunshine ICU. 

    Kylie is the lead of the Sunshine ICU Sustainability team, implementing multiple changes aimed at reducing waste, our carbon footprint and money. Kylie tested and rolled out sustainable linen in Sunshine ICU, something that has now been rolled out organisation wide. Kylie has presented this work at multiple conferences including the ANZICS quality conference 2023, ACCCN AEM 2024, Critical Care medicine conference 2024, and the greening the healthcare sector forum 2024. 

    Kylie is the MacHSR fellow for 2025. Her project is to significantly reduce the amount of unopened expired products that are wasted to landfill each year through a quasi-experimental interrupted time series research project.

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  • Sustainability Grand Rounds 08/03/2023

    Sustainability Grand Rounds 08/03/2023

    8 March 2023

    Benn Dunne, Thoracic Surgeon RMH, guest speaker

    Ben Dunne is a Thoracic Surgeon at Royal Melbourne Hospital. He is a member of the RACS Environmental Sustainability in Surgical Practice Working Party, represents RACS at the International Green Surgery Oversight Committee, and is Co-Convenor for the Doctors for the Environment Australia Sustainable Healthcare Special Interest Group.

    He is passionate about transitioning healthcare to renewable energy sources, reducing our dependence on single-use/disposable equipment and reducing low value care.