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medicines waste
Benefits outweigh 60-day wastage fears
Department of Health officials play down pharmacists’ concerns that 60-day dispensing will fuel an increase in medicine wastage Medicines wastage as a result of the government’s decision to increase maximum …
New program improves recycling
Western NSW Local Health District is helping make healthcare more sustainable by reducing pharmaceutical waste The initiative has been made possible through the NSW Health Sustainable Futures Innovation Fund. Bathurst …
Pharmacies likely to need more RUM bins
Plans to implement double dispensing are likely to result in increased medicines wastage, pharmacists warn Community pharmacies may need to double the number of Return Unwanted Medicines (RUM) bins they …