In a bid to diminish hospital-acquired infections, global logistics company Rapid Courier has generously contributed 1,080 biohazard waste bins to three separate medical establishments and one non-governmental organization located in Accra. This benevolent endeavor, constituting part of the organization's corporate social accountability, was coordinated in conjunction with the Nyankufa Foundation in Western Region. The intention…
Gareth Lema, MD, Associate Professor of Ophthalmology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, has co-authored a study suggesting that academic medical centers and healthcare systems are unnecessarily throwing away multi-use eye drop bottles ahead of the FDA-regulated expiration dates.
This practice, called self-imposed use cessation dates (SUCD), leads to substantial medication waste, plastic…