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UK retrospective, cohort, healthCARe-Based envirONmental cost of treatment (CARBON) study estimated greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the UK associated with the management of well-controlled versus…
Intravenous paracetamol (acetaminophen) - 12 times more carbon emissions than the oral
Glass vials - higher greenhouse gas emissions than plastic
"Intravenous administration should be reserved…
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January 2024
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Davies, J. F., McAlister, S., Eckelman, M. J., McGain, F., Seglenieks, R., Gutman, E. N., Groome, J., Palipane, N., Latoff, K., Nielsen, D., Sherman, J. D., & TRA2SH, GASP, and WAAREN collaborators
What you need to know:
- Pills are likely to have a reduced environmental impact compared with an equivalent dose of liquid medication, with less packaging and less wasted medicine
- Pill swallowing…
BMJ Sustainable Practice article describing the benefits of prescribing pills (tablets, capsules etc) rather than liquid.
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Pills are likely to have a reduced environmental impact…
Read aboutJDS Evans Pharmacy in Newport, Wales, the only pharmacy to achieve a gold award as part of the first Greener Primary Care Wales Framework and Award Scheme.
To scale and spread promotion of the oral route in antimicrobials with high oral bioavailability with the aim of reducing collective IV use by 20% by February 2023 at RAH.
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June 2023
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R Rodger, S Thompson, A Robertson, C Pender, G Ray, L Chisholm
This interactiveTangible actions for sustainable healthcaretool in the BMJ is great - it collates articles related to sustainable healthcare in various ways, including by specialty. Lots of examples…
A useful review examinging the environmental impact of dermatology healthcare and explores sustainable solutions such as teledermatology and waste reduction to reduce carbon emissions.
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Robert J Vanaria, Vishnu Bhupalam, Angelica Marrero-Perez, Aysham Chaudry, Nardin Awad, Mark Nestor
New paper looking at the Life Cycle Impact Assessment (LCIA) of all products and processes involved in the manufacture and use of Penthrox. *Not open access
Results:This LCIA found that Penthrox…