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Weaving Indigenous perspectives into pharmacy practice to strengthen environmental leadership, stewardship & sustainability
The Playbook provides background information, resources, and considerations for integrating vital Indigenous-led perspectives, values, and wisdom into the guidance for climate mitigation, adaptation, and resilience of pharmacy practice. These considerations have been compiled from a review of key literature, Indigenous-led health advocacy movements, and the perspectives, values and experiences of pharmacy and other health professionals with Indigenous ancestry. This Playbook is intended for Canadian pharmacy professionals including pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, pharmacy assistants, educators and trainees. Foundational considerations for pharmacy practice can be found in the “Climate Resilient, Low Carbon, Sustainable Pharmacy” Playbook.
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Integrating Environmental Sustainability into Hospital Pharmacies
This playbook contains background information, resources, and environmental considerations to guide healthcare clinicians, teams and institutions to improve environmental sustainability of pharmacies in Canadian healthcare institutions. It is intended for Canadian healthcare providers and administrators working in pharmacies of bed-based healthcare settings that are providing patient care, contributing to institutional policies, and making institutional changes. While the focus of this playbook centers around hospital pharmacies given the available evidence, the information is applicable to pharmacies in other bed-based facilities, including: long-term care facilities rehabilitation centres palliative care units
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Medication Optimization for Sustainability in Inpatient Care
This playbook outlines strategies to address the environmental impacts of polypharmacy through medication optimization in inpatient care. This playbook is intended for Canadian healthcare providers working in inpatient healthcare settings that are providing patient care, contributing to institutional policies and initiatives, and/or supporting electronic medical record systems. Background information, resources, and considerations have been included to guide healthcare teams and institutions to implement medication optimization and reduce their environmental impact. The content has been compiled from a review of literature and guidelines, interviews with experienced healthcare professionals, and guidance from academics in the field.
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Climate Resilient, Low Carbon Sustainable Pharmacy Playbook
This Playbook is intended for Canadian pharmacy professionals including pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, pharmacy assistants, educators and trainees. The Playbook provides background information, resources and considerations to guide more climate resilient and environmentally sustainable pharmacy practice. These considerations have been compiled from a review of the literature, experiences from practicing pharmacy professionals and guidance from academics in the field.
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Pharmaceutical Waste Management
This playbook focuses on strategies to reduce, reuse and recycle pharmaceuticals and their associated physical waste to lessen their environmental impact. It is intended for Canadian healthcare professionals working with pharmaceutical products for human use, including pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, pharmacy assistants, nurses, physicians, educators, trainees and environmental services. It can also be a guide for legislators, waste management leads, and industry. Background information, resources, and considerations are included to provide guidance on more climate resilient and environmentally sustainable pharmaceutical waste management processes. The content of this playbook has been compiled from a range of subject matter experts, guidance documents, and resources.
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Climate Conscious Inhaler Prescribing in Outpatient Care
The Playbook provides background information and resources to guide more environmentally sustainable inhaler prescribing in primary care settings. This playbook was initially developed through an initiative of the Sustainable Health System Community of Practice (CoP), with support from CASCADES.
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Climate Conscious Inhaler Practices in Inpatient Care
The Playbook provides background information and resources to guide more environmentally sustainable inhaler practices in inpatient settings. The content of this playbook, including its associated resources, has been developed by the Critical Air Project (CAP) at the Royal Jubilee Hospital, part of Island Health in Victoria, British Columbia. The Critical Air Project, which has been led by Dr. Valeria Stoynova and Dr. Celia Culley, is a climate-conscious inhaler initiative aimed at decreasing Island Health’s inhaler-related carbon footprint through changes in health policy, operational changes and a widespread educational campaign. The project, which is ongoing, was initiated in April 2022 with support from CASCADES.
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