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Many sample closet medications are expired
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نویسنده
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evans k.l. ,brown s.r.
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منبع
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journal of the american board of family medicine - 2012 - دوره : 25 - شماره : 3 - صفحه:394 -395
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چکیده
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Introduction: samples are widely used in office practice. it is not known how many sample medications are expired and therefore not useful to patients. methods: we inventoried 10 sample closets in primary care offices to quantify the number of expired medications. results: of the 12,581 drug packages and boxes we inventoried in 10 sample closets,14% of medications were expired. sample closets varied widely in their organization; the range of expired medications in the 10 closets was 0% to 28%. conclusion: many sample closet medications are expired,indicating a substantial amount of waste.
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کلیدواژه
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Drug industry; Marketing; Physicians' practice patterns; Quality of health care; Sample closet
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آدرس
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university of arizona college of medicine,phoenix,az, United States, banner good samaritan family medicine residency,phoenix,az, United States
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