E-drug: Acceptable amount of drug wastage due to expiry (cont'd)
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Dear e-druggers,
I think this question on the acceptable amount of drug wastage is a
really interesting one, not just for the individual organisations and
not just due to expiry. Australia now has a national medicines
disposal service. Collection bins are located in pharmacies across
the country. In the last year (2000) 224 tonnes of medicines were
collected and disposed. (Our population is about 19 million). We
don't know how much of this wastage is unnecessary, but it does
raise some interesting questions. I'd be interested to know if other
people have figures from similar schemes.
Kind regards
Libby Roughead
School of Pharmaceutical, Molecular and Biomedical Sciences
University of South Australia
North Terrace
Adelaide 5000
South Australia
Australia
Ph +61 8 8302 2179
Fax + 61 8 8302 2389
E-mail: libby.roughead@unisa.edu.au
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