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The Rising Tide of Medical Waste: One Model for Improvement

My Green Doctor

Single use has become the custom for most clinicians and managers, just as disposable products have become prevalent across the medical supply chain. operating rooms is regulated by the individual states; changing to multi-dose eyedrops will require administrative and legislative advocacy by eye specialists in every state and country.

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Analysis of primary care prescription trends in England during the COVID-19 pandemic compared against a predictive model

BMJ

With prescribing and dispensing of some medications increasing as much as 50% above forecast levels during the early months of the pandemic, results from such databases may have additional implications for planning of pharmaceutical supply chains, as well as for individual prescribers.