Medications in Single-Dose Vials : Implications of Discarded Drugs

Medications in Single-Dose Vials Implications of Discarded Drugs

"Every year, significant amounts of expensive drugs are discarded. This is due in part to the growing number of prescription drugs that are administered in variable doses (rather than fixed or flat doses) based on a patient's weight or body size. Strict regulations and guidance generally p...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (-)
Otros Autores: Division, Health and Medicine, Services, Board on Health Care, Drugs, Committee on Implications of Discarded Weight-Based, Nass, Sharyl J., Lustig, Tracy A., Amankwah, Francis K., Shortliffe, Edward H.
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press 2021.
Materias:
Medical wastes > Government policy > United States > Prevention.
United States
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009816702506719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front matter
  • Summary
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Single-dose vials of weight-based drugs
  • 3. Scope of discarded drugs from single-dose vials
  • 4. Efforts to reduce discarded weight-based drugs
  • 5. Discarded weight-based drugs in single-dose vials
  • 6. Prescription for reducing discarded drugs
  • Appendix A: Glossary
  • Appendix B: Supplemental figures and tables from commissioned analyses
  • Appendix C: Stakeholder input
  • Appendix D: Biographical information
  • Appendix E: Disclosure of unavoidable conflicts of interest.

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