Hart R J, Marshall F S
Lancet. 1976 Dec 4;2(7997):1239-40. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(76)91159-4.
Wastage of pharmaceuticals was studied for three months at a 520-bed hospital in Suffolk. Drugs worth 1104 pounds were brought to the pharmacy for destruction. Only 40 pounds worth could be put back into stock. It is suggested that the use of blister-packing together with conservative prescribing, supply, and suitable storage of medicines could lead to important savings of drugs discarded each year in English hospitals, which from this study were estimated to cost in excess of 1 million pounds.
在萨福克郡一家拥有520张床位的医院，对药品浪费情况进行了为期三个月的研究。价值1104英镑的药品被送到药房销毁。只有价值40英镑的药品可以重新入库。有人认为，使用泡罩包装，同时保守开药、供应和合理储存药品，可能会大幅节省英国医院每年丢弃的药品，根据这项研究，这些药品估计每年成本超过100万英镑。
