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.

  • More information on upcoming speakers to come.

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    31 May 2023

    Guest Speakers: Dr Stefanie Carino & Stewart Cockram

  • Sustainability Grand Rounds 03/05/2023

    Sustainability Grand Rounds 03/05/2023

    Renae McBrien is the Environment Consultant for Children’s Health Queensland. She also works as a radiographer, with over 23 years of clinical health experience. Renae McBrien is passionate about building sustainability into our health care system and has worked across many Brisbane hospitals to develop innovative ways to design waste out of health. Renae has been instrumental to deliver a widespread staff culture change that drives a diverse resource recovery strategy. This sustainable strategy has removed over 500 tonnes from landfill in 2021 alone through 36 single recycling streams.

    Renae’s work has recently been featured on the ABC War on Waste TV series which captured over 4 million views worldwide. She has awarded the 2019 and 2020 Brisbane City Council Waste Innovation Award and the 2021 Brisbane City Council Waste Champion Award.