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An exploration of the environmental impacts of sip feeds in the care home setting and a call to action to reduce unnecessary use and for manufacturers to take responsibility for packaging waste.
This Switzerland-based study evaluated and compared the environmental impacts from surgical and conservative care pathways after an anterior cruciate ligament injury using Life Cycle Assessment; it…
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November 2025
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Polina Boiko, Anne-Violette Bruyneel, Nicolas Ray, Philippe M. Tscholl, Martin K. Patel
This report from Eunomia and Systemiq quantifies the environmental and financial impacts of single-use plastics in the European and North American healthcare sectors across seven high-volume product…
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September 2025
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Euomia Research & Consulting: Pallavi Madakasira, Simon Hann, Iris Liu, Zoë Hodges / Systemiq: Yoni Shiran, Alexandre Harry, Daniel Barraclough
Antimicrobial stewardship (AS) quality improvement (QI) initiatives promoting IV to oral switch (IVOST)1 or reduced IV dosing frequency provide benefits for patients, staff and the environment. To…
Promoting appropriate IV to oral switch (IVOST)1 is a fundamental antimicrobial stewardship (AS) initiative providing benefits for patients, staff and the environment including: reduced risk of…
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July 2025
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R Rodger , A Robertson , S Thompson , E Thompson , K Downie , G Ray , L Chisholm , C Pender , K Philips , M Neto , R Hillson , R A Seaton , S Carty , K MacFarlane , N MacDonald , F Kinnaird , A Reuben , S Gillen , Y Gourlay , F Robb , L Stewart , R Pucket
In-hospital promotion of the oral route and IV to oral switch (IVOST) are key antimicrobial stewardship (AS) initiatives providing benefits for patients, staff and the environment, including reduced…
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August 2024
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Rodger R, Robertson A, Thompson E, Downie K, Thompson S, Ray G, Chisholm L, Hillson R
Interventions that consider climate change, sustainability, and nature should be integral to health system functioning. Placing sustainability at the core of the NHS’s future offers opportunities to…
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
To promote improved antimicrobial stewardship and sustainability by improving the appropriate use of oral metronidazole in surgical wards at the Royal Alexandra Hospital
