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Unused drugs returned to community pharmacies: an analysis of medication waste and possibilities for redispensing
- In: Poster Presentation
- At: Stockholm (Sweden) (2017)
- Type: Poster
- Poster code: P-E-004-Tuesday
- By: BEKKER, Charlotte (Sint Maartenskliniek, Pharmacy, Nijmegen, Netherlands)
- Co-author(s): Charlotte Bekker: Pharmacy, Sint Maartenskliniek, Nijmegen, Netherlands;Clinical Pharmacy, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
Bart van den Bemt: Pharmacy, Sint Maartenskliniek, Nijmegen, Netherlands;Pharmacy, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Netherlands
Toine Egberts: Clinical Pharmacy, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands;Pharmacoepidemiology and Clinical Pharmacology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands
Marcel Bouvy: Pharmacoepidemiology and Clinical Pharmacology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands
Helga Gardarsdottir: Clinical Pharmacy, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands;Pharmacoepidemiology and Clinical Pharmacology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands - Abstract:
Backgrounds
Medication waste leads to unnecessary healthcare costs. Redispensing of unused drugs returned to pharmacies by patients could decrease waste.Aims
We assessed patient and drug related factors associated with medication waste and possibilities for redispensing these drugs.Methods
In this cross-sectional study, pharmacy staff registered.. The access to the whole abstract and if available the presentation file is available to FIP members and to congress participants of that specific congress.
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