CONVERGENCE INFIRMIERE
Nurses "dump their waste" in the central squares of 9 towns!
Self-employed nurses are fed up with being complicit in the forced waste of medicines, medical devices and small equipment in patients' homes and practices. The Comité pour le développement durable en santé (Committee for Sustainable Development in Healthcare) has joined the initiative.
12 private practice nurses collected all unused medicines and medical devices from patients' homes and premises over a 1-month period. Results:
This avoidable waste is the result of a lack of coordination between the various players in the care chain at different stages - prescribing, dispensing and compliance - and a lack of mutual knowledge. The nurse, at the end of the care chain, refuses to be an accomplice in this forced waste.
The aim is to optimize the supply of drugs and medical devices in line with patient needs.
Eliminating this waste means :
The two organizations are launching a collaborative process with stakeholders to find solutions for changing practices to eliminate this waste. They propose that April 2 be retained as the date for an annual day to combat the waste of medicines and medical devices.
"Nurses witness waste every day. This April 2 operation, carried out over a period of 1 month in 12 nursing practices, has the merit of demonstrating this with data to raise awareness of avoidable waste. There are pragmatic solutions to avoid it, and we're here to make proposals," declares Ghislaine Sicre, President of Convergence Infirmière.
" This work indicates an order of magnitude and leaves its mark on people's minds. Is our healthcare system rich enough to afford such waste? The fight against waste is a formidable lever for rallying healthcare professionals to restore meaning to their work, and for commitment to reducing the social and environmental impact of healthcare activities ", emphasizesVéronique Molières, Director of C2DS.
The 12 practices that quantified their waste are located in 10 different départements, in both urban and rural areas. They have an average of 3 nurses. The lists of names and quantities of medicines and medical devices wasted will be submitted to the CNAM and the Ministry of Health.
The national extrapolation is based on 35,000 practices, with an average of 3 nurses. The carbon footprint is calculated by the Primum Non Nocere agency on the basis of monetary emission factors, and the assumption of 70% drugs and 30% medical devices. Many thanks for their help.
To follow the event: https: //convergenceinfirmiere.com/balance-ton-gaspi/
Actions will take place on April 2 in the following cities:
Tours - 13H Hôtel de ville, place Jean Jaurès
Toulouse - 14H Place du Capitole
Béziers - 13H Sous-préfecture, place du Général de Gaulle
Clermont-Ferrand - 14H place de Jaude
Dunkerque - 14H30 CPAM
Martinique - 10H30 Stade Georges Gratian Le Lamentin
Marseille - 13H30 Conseil départemental
Toulon - 13H Conseil départemental
Strasbourg - 14H Place du vieux marché aux poissons
Wow, that's impressive!
Hello, I'm entirely convinced that there's a lot of wastage on dressing prescriptions written by surgeons or doctors, sometimes inappropriate, or after death, etc., especially by HAD and service providers.
especially by HAD and service providers, we end up with large stocks at home.
I've always had this feeling that we could recuperate and act on a large scale, and I'm part of this great action.