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Theatre Badge Hats have been featured across national broadcast, press and clinical publications, and showcased in Parliament. A selection of the coverage below.
Theatre badge hats featured on BBC News
A feature filmed at Musgrove Park Hospital, Somerset, showing the badge hats in use, broadcast on BBC South West and BBC national news.
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Theatre badge hats featured on BBC News
Further BBC News coverage of Eco Ninjas' reusable name-and-role theatre badge hats and their impact on patient safety and communication.
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"Hospital hat badges help patients feel included"
Danielle Checketts interviewed alongside orthopaedic consultant Andy Stevenson on the trial at Musgrove Park Hospital. Watch the clip via LinkedIn.
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"A simple invention could stop 90 million single-use surgical caps ending up in landfill"
National newspaper feature on how reusable badge hats improve safety and cut waste, with cost data from the Royal College of Surgeons' sustainability lead.
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"Tackling hierarchies and waste in theatres"
Danielle Checketts on how the team brief and reusable badge hats tackle communication, hierarchy, sustainability and infection control in surgical theatres.
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"Hospital puts names on doctors' hats to improve communication"
Wire story syndicated across national and international outlets, including FOX affiliates and Yahoo, featuring patient and staff reaction to the Musgrove Park trial.
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Switching single-use to sustainable: reusable caps and the NHS Net Zero goal
Feature on the environmental and patient-safety case for reusable theatre caps, including the Royal Liverpool pilot with Dr Diwan.
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"Theatre hats highlight need for better communication in hospitals"
MP writeup of the Eco Ninjas showcase at the Palace of Westminster, backed by clinical leaders from the Royal College of Surgeons and Royal College of Midwives.
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"Reusable operating theatre hats puts names to faces"
Official trust news on the Musgrove Park trial, with patient feedback and comment from orthopaedic consultant Andy Stevenson.
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