Medications in Single-Dose Vials: Implications of Discarded Drugs

by National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine, Health and Medicine Division, Committee on Discarded Weight-Based Drugs, et al.

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 prohibit or severely restrict the acceptable time frame for sharing medication from single-dose vials among patients, and so the unused amount will typically be...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 030968207X
• ISBN13: 9780309682077
• Release Date: April 2021
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 174 Pages