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Project completed as part of the South Health Campus, Alberta Health Services Green Team Competition, 2024Team membersVivian Ip, Nathan Brown, Alan Chu, Leyla Baghirzada, Joanna Fifen, Esther Ho, Ryan…
Project completed as part of the South Health Campus, Alberta Health Services Green Team Competition, 2024Team membersCassandra Carrier, Quality Improvement Lead RNDaniela Moreira, Emergency…
Published date
September 2024
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Cassandra Carrier, Quality Improvement Lead RN and Daniela Moreira, Emergency Department Unit Manager
Abstract
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In-hospital promotion of the oral route and IV to oral switch (IVOST)1are key antimicrobial stewardship (AS) initiatives providing benefits for patients, staff and the…
Published date
August 2024
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R Rodger, A Robertson, E Thompson, K Downie, S Thompson, G Ray, L Chisholm, R Hillson
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This studymeasured the extent of active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) contamination in the English national parks by monitoring 54 APIs in 37 rivers across all national parks over…
This report from Healthcare Without Harm highlights successful initiatives across Europe where pharmacists are taking the lead in promoting responsible medicine use, reducing pharmaceutical waste, and…
Paper conducted at UCL School of Pharmacy exploring pharmacy and pharmaceutical students’ intentions tolearn about their roles in environmental sustainability and the factor associated with such…
The aim of this study was to scale and spread a quality improvement (QI) initiative promoting appropriate intravenous to oral switch (IVOST) of metronidazole in all adult inpatient wards in NHSGGC…
Published date
July 2024
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Rachael Rodger, Amy Robertson, Emma Thompson, Karen Downie, Sharon Thompson, Gautam Ray, Lindsey Chisholm and Rosie Hillson
This report records a sustainable quality improvement project aimed at reducing plastic bag use in the pharmacy dispensaries of the acute general hospitals of Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board…
Rumina Önaç is a GP and Sustainability Lead for 12 surgeries in York, where her inspirational work has achieved national Green Impact for Health awards of silver for her own surgery and a bronze for…