Emirates Health Services- (EHS) – UAE – International Best Practice Competition – 2025 (Medication Waste- Minimizing Initiative)
Dibba Hospital, part of Emirates Health Services, has implemented a best practice with its "Medication Waste-Minimizing Initiative," a programme designed to address the significant financial and environmental costs of pharmaceutical waste. The initiative employs a two-pronged strategy: redistributing surplus medications to other health facilities with higher demand and donating safe, unused patient medications to licensed charitable organisations. The entire process is managed and tracked using
BPIR Categories
5.5.2 Manage inventories
12.3 Implement pollution prevention program
12.4 Implement resource preservation program
13.1 Develop and manage supplier/customer partnerships