Source: Health Care Without Harms – Europe

Health Care Without Harms – Europe’s publication “How doctors can help reduce pharmaceutical pollution”, a guide to help doctors reduce unnecessary pharmaceutical emissions from entering the environment, is now available in five languages: English, German, Spanish, French and Italian.

Source: Health Care Wihtout Harm – US and Canada

In an announcement with implications for all health care facilities in the United States, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) restricted the use of triclosan and 23 other ingredients in antiseptic washes and rubs effective December 2018, citing a “lack of sufficient safety and efficacy data.”

Hospital Roque Sáenz Peña, a founding member of GGHH, is a public, high complexity teaching hospital located in the third most populous city in Argentina, Rosario. A new video about the hospital discusses their successes in health care waste management.