TREETOPS is suitable for hospitals/sites which host clinical trials who wish to review how sustainable their waste management processes are with regards to clinical trials kit supplies and pharmacy processes. Sites will answer a series of questions which correspond with a score, at the end of each survey they will receive a low, medium or high environmental impact score.
TREETOPS was developed based on a waste audit and associated survey completed at The Christie NHS Foundation Trust with support from the Experimental Cancer Medicine Centres network. The audit showed that clinical trial sites receive large numbers of unnecessary trials supplies which go to waste.
Results from a pilot version of the tool can be seen here: “Assessment of the environmental impact of clinical trials“
Key Features
INTERACTIVE
When sites receive a medium or high score, they will receive advice about how to improve the sustainability of their processes. Sites with a low score will be asked to share what they do so more information can be built into the tool.
ACCESSIBLE
Anyone working in clinical trials can complete the tool (e.g. Research Nurses or Clinical Trials Coordinators).
DATA
Answers provided within the surveys are collected to facilitate a dataset which can be shared with trials sponsors to reduce provision of unnecessary trials supplies.
SIMPLE
Surveys will take no more than 5 minutes to complete
How can I use TREETOPS at my centre?
- TREETOPS is a web-based platform that is accessible via the link below
- The tool is aimed at:
- Teams who host clinical trials – i.e. Research Nurses, Clinical Trials Coordinators
- Pharmacy teams who host clinical trials
- TREETOPS will advise sites on how to improve the sustainability of local supplies management processes, whilst collecting important data about the scale of the issue to be used to look at reduction of waste at source
- TREETOPS aims to be as interactive as possible, so any additional thoughts, advice or feedback are encouraged.
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TREETOPS
the-christie.treetops@nhs.net
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