'Cash-strapped hospitals could help save the world'

Article Abstract:

The direct and non-recycled disposal of waste in dustbins, including recyclable paper and dressing used for a patients' care, is a common practice in U.K. hospitals. The author suggests that conservation of electricity and recycling of waste can help cash-strapped hospitals save a great amount of money that would also prove to be an achievement towards creating a better planet and environment.

Pollutants produced & recycled, Waste management, Medical supplies

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'Wasting medicines often starts the moment a prescription is generated'

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The patients are found to waste a large amount of medicine, as they don't take all the medicines prescribed to them. The hospitals have hence started prescribing partnerships, where in the patients are advised to get the left over medicines to hospitals that can reuse them.

Management dynamics, Pharmacies and Drug Stores, Pharmacists, Analysis, Management, Evaluation, Practice, Company business management, Medical wastes, Medication abuse, Prescription drug abuse

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Improving provision of cardiac rehabilitation services

Article Abstract:

The article discusses the development and four-phased procedure of cardiac rehabilitation (CR) in Royal Cornwall Hospital.

Services development, Care and treatment, Methods, Cardiac patients, Company service development, Service development, Cardiac rehabilitation

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