Eugene Fan Highlights Urgent Need to Decarbonise Thrombosis and Haemostasis Care
Eugene Fan, Senior Consultant at Tan Tock Seng Hospital, shared a post on LinkedIn:
“Thrilled to share our recently published Viewpoint in The Lancet Haematology: Sustainable Anticoagulation for Climate-Resilient Care
We highlight the urgent need to integrate environmental sustainability into anticoagulation practices.
Anticoagulation is one of the most widely prescribed and resource-intensive therapies worldwide. Yet, its environmental impact—from pharmaceutical manufacturing and packaging to laboratory monitoring and clinical service delivery—remains largely unaddressed.
In this piece, our multidisciplinary team calls for:
– Embedding carbon footprint assessments into anticoagulation pathways
– Promoting low-waste clinical models and digital health solutions
– Developing climate-resilient supply chains for essential medicines
– Encouraging collaborative frameworks between clinicians, health systems, and industry to decarbonise thrombosis and haemostasis care
This work represents a step towards aligning clinical outcomes and planetary health—a shared responsibility for all of us in haematology and beyond.
Read the full article in the The Lancet Haematology: Paper behind paywall, but with free access here
Grateful to collaborate with an outstanding international group of co-authors:
Prof Emmanuel J Favaloro, Prof Giuseppe Lippi, Prof Roopen Arya, Prof Sam Schulman, Prof Suely Meireles Rezende, Asst Prof Amanda Zain, Kevin Milla, Dr Scott McAlister, A/Prof Helen Okoye, A/Prof Leonardo Pasalic, A/Prof Chee Yen Lin, Dr Lim Ming Sheng, Dr Wang Bian Hong, Dr Brandon Ong”
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