RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Use and wastage of prescribed medicines in the home
JF The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners
JO J R Coll Gen Pract
FD British Journal of General Practice
SP 32
OP 36
VO 28
IS 186
A1 Leach, R. H.
A1 White, P. L.
YR 1978
UL http://bjgp.org/content/28/186/32.abstract
AB A survey of prescribed medicines was carried out in 192 homes, broadly representative of households in England and Wales. The average home had 3·2 containers of such medicines; 56 per cent were in current use, 16 per cent in occasional use, and 28 per cent were never used. One fifth of all oral antibiotics found in the study were wasted. A rough estimate suggests that £23 million of prescription products (5·6 per cent of the total) are wasted annually in England and Wales.