Go Green in Healthcare

1. By piloting the matchmaking of donated unused medications with suitable patients who are willing to use them, 'PRIME_MedMatch: Project to Reduce the Impact of Medication wastage on Environment in Community Care (PRIME) - Matching Donors with Recipients to Reduce Medication wastage (MedMatch)' aims to reduce carbon footprint from pharmaceuticals, promote health equity and access to healthcare, as well as reduce healthcare costs for those in need. Led by a multidisciplinary tripartite team from Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH), National University Hospital (NUH) & KK Women's and Children's Hospital (KKH), this project had achieved 5 successful matches and over $3000 in cost savings from donated medications during their pilot study. [Winner of CHI x SIT Healthcare Sustainability Innovation Challenge 2024]

2. With the aim of achieving zero production waste of cytotoxic drugs, the team from National Cancer Centre Singapore (NCCS) & OVEC Global presented the 'Algorithm-Driven Optimization for Sustainable Cytotoxic Drug Compounding in Healthcare', an AI driven SMART calculator to perfect the selection of drugs for robotic compounding. Coupled with a dashboard with interactive real-time data visualization, the 9-month pilot project recorded over 2,000mg of drug wastage amounting more than $2,000, with the potential of achieving cost savings of at least $5.24 million per year for NCCS. [Winner of CHI x SIT Healthcare Sustainability Innovation Challenge 2024]

3. Through repurposing used uniforms, reducing uniform consumption and developing sustainable uniforms, the team from National Cancer Centre Singapore (NCCS) presented 'Weaving Challenges into Sustainable Uniforms' with the aims of utilizing uniforms with 100% recycled PET (rPET) and environmental outcomes such as 62% reduction in carbon dioxide release, potentially reaping economic savings of up to $540,000 annually. [Winner of CHI x SIT Healthcare Sustainability Innovation Challenge 2024]

4. With the goal of enhancing plastic recycling rates in TTSH ICUs through 'Healthcare segregation of healthcare waste in ICU', the team from Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH) found through a pilot study that staff are engaged and willing to segregate plastics from waste, highlighting the potential for expansion and upscaling of the recycling efforts by increasing the ease of waste segregation, involving relevant stakeholders, and engaging community partners. [Audience's Choice Awardee in CHI x SIT Healthcare Sustainability Innovation Challenge 2024]

5. Through a visual walkthrough to identify opportunities for waste reduction and working with industrial partners to operationalize recycling and waste circularity, 'Eye can Recycle' led by a multidisciplinary team from Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH), Plaspulp Union, ReThinkGood & Semula Asia would use over 700kg less single-use consumables and recycle more than 2,000 kg of waste each year, leading to cost savings of at least $2,000 and reduction in carbon footprint of over 2,000kg in CO2e - equivalent to carbon dioxide absorbed by 93 trees annually.

1. By embracing environmentally-friendly practices and leveraging technology such as Internet-of-Things (IoT) and sensors to eliminate non-beneficial electricity usage, 'Forever Onz' by National Healthcare Group Diagnostics (NHGS) & NTUC Health achieved electrical savings of over 11kWh per day from reduction of "Forever on' devices and optimisation of electricity usage from fridges and biological safety cabinets.

2. Through developing a dashboard that showcases carbon emissions and other environmental statistics, the project 'Sustainable Healthcare: Educating Sustainable Procurement and Eco-Friendly Supply Chain Decisions' by ALPS empowers players in the healthcare industry to make informed decisions on sustainability, promote adherance to eco-friendly practices, and foster a more sustainable healthcare ecosystem.

3. Currently, more than 60,000 repackaged medication boxes are dispensed each month at Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH)'s Pharmacy, contributing to more than 1,000kg of landfill waste annually. By developing 'Eco-Medbox', a standardized recyclable medication packaging made of recycled materials and in-build with the necessary label and film window for patients, this project by the Pharmacy team from Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH) aims to foster a circular economy and green citizenry, coupled with potential annual cost savings of up to $100,000 from increased productive and decreased production cost.

4. By implementing RFID tracking system on clinical consumables, the project 'EcoEye' formed by a multidisciplnary team from Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH), Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT), Zevero & Cadi Scientific aims to reduce expired clinical consumable waste such as vacutainer, which could potentially amount to annual cost savings of over $30,000 for vacutainers alone.

1. By piloting the matchmaking of donated unused medications with suitable patients who are willing to use them, 'PRIME_MedMatch: Project to Reduce the Impact of Medication wastage on Environment in Community Care (PRIME) - Matching Donors with Recipients to Reduce Medication wastage (MedMatch)' aims to reduce carbon footprint from pharmaceuticals, promote health equity and access to healthcare, as well as reduce healthcare costs for those in need. Led by a multidisciplinary tripartite team from Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH), National University Hospital (NUH) & KK Women's and Children's Hospital (KKH), this project had achieved 5 successful matches and over $3000 in cost savings from donated medications during their pilot study. [Winner of CHI x SIT Healthcare Sustainability Innovation Challenge 2024]