Hospitals and clinics go green for health of patients and environment

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Several organizations are helping hospitals and clinics in the U.S. initiate "green" practices that are more efficient and less harmful to the environment. Among these are the not-for-profit Hospitals for a Healthy Environment, which is educating health professionals in pollution prevention and offering resources to aid environmental sustainability.

Author: Hampton, Tracy
Hospitals, Services information, SOCIAL SERVICES, Social Assistance, Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations, Nonprofit Institutions, Social Services & Nonprofit Institutns, Services, Environmental aspects, Nonprofit organizations, Green parties (Political science), Green parties

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Similar drug names a risky prescription

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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is the responsible for preventing drug name confusion. Once a drug has completed phase 2 clinical trials, the FDA has to perform a multifactoral review of a proprietary name.

Author: Hampton, Tracy
Legal issues & crime, Government regulation (cont), Government regulation, Pharmaceutical preparations, Organizational nomenclature, Legal/Government Regulation, Drugs, Laws, regulations and rules, Pharmaceutical industry, Prevention, Powers and duties, Names, Prescriptions (Drugs), United States. Food and Drug Administration, Medication errors

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