Chapter 1 Electronic Waste Reduction in Healthcare; Finished Products Traceability and Anti-Counterfeiting

António Pesqueira* and Maria José Sousa

 1 Independent Researcher, Zug, Switzerland

 2 ISCTE Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal

Email: maria.jose.sousa@iscte-iul.pt

1. Introduction

The healthcare industry is evolving more rapidly than ever. Most part of the new pharmaceutical products have shorter time to market, reduced from years to months, since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. Healthcare organizations can gain a competitive edge with the way the industry designs some of its processes and procedures to minimize waste and maximize resources, particularly when ...

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