Passing on Care through Paper Medicine Bags Created from Reused Paper Project

Abstract

The Green Library Policy Working Group of the Center for Library Resources and Educational Media at Suranaree University of Technology has implemented the "Passing on Care through Paper Medicine Bags Created from Reused Paper Project" project with the following objectives: 1. by collecting used paper packaging for A4 paper and used envelopes for folding medicine bags where pictures and cartoons were nicely drawn and colored. On the bags, hand-written messages like “Get well soon” were included so patients receiving treatment at hospitals around the university received well wishes from the drawers. The overall satisfaction evaluation results of the agencies participating in the activity were at the highest level (85%). The healthcare facilities that received medicine bags from the project also reported the highest level of satisfaction (83.3%). Furthermore, the service recipients from these healthcare facilities expressed the highest level of satisfaction as well (97.6%). The evaluators admired the activity as being good and useful and wanted the activity to be organized more often. As for the recommendations for improvement, the results revealed that more medicine bags were required and the bags were a bit too small to contain all medicine. This activity helps promote the participation of university staff members and students in raising awareness of reusing materials to be beneficial to society and to be environmentally friendly as well as creating a network of relationships between the library staff and various units in the university as well as surrounding communities.