This playbook introduces the SE-QI framework and provides background information, resources, and considerations for embedding sustainability in healthcare improvement projects. It was developed in collaboration with key partners and experts in QI across Canada. It serves as a resource for clinicians, health care professionals, students, trainees, and decision-makers involved in QI work, aiming to inform them of: Sustainability-Embedded Quality Improvement (SE-QI) positions quality improvement (QI) as a practical pathway for embedding sustainability within clinical and operational practice.
This playbook introduces the SE-QI framework and provides background information, resources, and considerations for embedding sustainability in healthcare improvement projects. It was developed in collaboration with key partners and experts in QI across Canada. It serves as a resource for clinicians, health care professionals, students, trainees, and decision-makers involved in QI work, aiming to inform them of:
Why SE-QI is an essential and practical approach to quality improvement in healthcare,
What tools are available to support planning and implementation, and
how to effectively implement SE-QI into practice to advance high-quality, low-carbon, resilient healthcare.
WHO is calling on all civil society organizations and other partner organizations to engage with the campaign and accelerate progress at achieving effective hand hygiene at point of care!
The SQUIRE-ENV extension is being led by the Centre for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety (CQuIPS) in collaboration with CASCADES and national and international quality improvement leaders. Building on the internationally recognized Standards for Quality Improvement Reporting Excellence (SQUIRE), this extension establishes structured guidance for reporting environmental sustainability in quality improvement projects where sustainability is a co-benefit or primary aim. Because SQUIRE is widely used by journals, conferences, and healthcare systems to report improvement work, SQUIRE-ENV will help embed sustainability into how QI initiatives are designed, documented, and shared. Publication is anticipated in 2026.
The Lead Nurse for Infection Prevention and Control and two Lead Practice Educators at Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (GOSH) addressed the over-use of non-sterile gloves through education and training. This has improved patient safety and experience and staff are now following evidence-based practice rather than wearing gloves out of habit.
Since May 1, 2023, Island Health has launched the “Gloves Off!” campaign to create a noticeable and measurable decrease in inappropriate glove use through a paradigm shift in organizational culture.
This webinar, hosted by CASCADES and the Canadian Coalition for Green Health Care, explored approaches used by organizations to address unnecessary glove use. Manufactured from synthetic materials such as latex, nitrile, or vinyl, single-use gloves carry financial costs as well as environmental and health impacts. During the session, representatives from the NHS, British Columbia, and Quebec provided an in-depth overview of the development of their initiatives to promote appropriate glove use in health care settings.
This video is shared by the Royal College of Nursing as part of the Quebec campaign « les Gants, pas tout le temps! » In 2022, the UK’s Royal College of Nursing (RCN) launched the Glove Awareness Week with the aim of raising awareness among healthcare workers of the environmental impact of unnecessary glove use, and offering tips and tricks to limit unnecessary glove consumption and thus contribute to a more sustainable health
