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
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