Dealing with pharmaceutical residues
Dealing with waste pharmaceuticals is currently something of a hot issue, for wards and clinics, for patients in their own home, for manufacturers and pharmacists, and others, and for all of those […]
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Drug residues from wastes – the impact on the environment?
There is much debate surrounding the impact of pharmaceutical residues on the environment, and appropriately regulators are looking at control and remediation measures. But as we know, that goes off […]
Reducing antibiotic resistance – better prescribing for less waste
It is an imperative that every possible step is made to reduce antibiotic resistance though in reality the genie is out of the bottle and, as resistance rates are already high and […]
Pharmaceutical waste from operating theatres and ITU
By analysing the pharmaceutical waste produced by eight operating rooms, an anaesthetist in New York found that discarded or wasted propofol made up 45% of all the drug waste. Future wastage […]
Pharmaceutical residues in water
The impact of pharmaceutical residues in water is largely unknown and though the evidence base is slowly growing this is somewhat piecemeal. It remains clear that the key problem is […]