❓ WA Parliamentary Question regarding the value and reasons for disposal of medicines, including Schedule 8 drugs, at hospitals during 2017. The response details the costs and specific reasons for disposal.
AnsweredQoN 5475Legislative Assembly
Asked
18 September 2019
Member
Portfolio
Deputy Premier; Minister for Health; Mental Health
QuestionView source ↗
I refer to the disposal of medicines at hospitals during 2017, and ask: (a) What was the approximate total value of the disposed medicines: (i) Of these, what was the approximate total value of schedule 8 medicines; and (b) How many medicines were disposed of due to: (i) Contamination, and how many of these were schedule 8; (ii) Expiration, and how many of these were schedule 8; (iii) Damage, and how many of these were schedule 8; and (iv) Other reasons (if so, what were the reasons), and how many of these were schedule 8?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
29 October 2019
Response time
11 days
I am advised:
(a) $1,016,081.00
(i) $36,840.00
(b)(i) 3 were disposed of due to contamination of which one was a Schedule 8 medicine.
(ii) 17818 were disposed of due to expiration of which 1143 were schedule 8 medicines.
(iii) 903 were disposed of due to damage of which 96 were schedule 8 medicines.
(iv) 8620 were disposed of due to other reasons of which 76 were schedule 8 medicines.
Other reasons include storage condition breach, storage temperature breach, accidental destruction, patients own medications (requested destruction), patient sterile/compounded medication ceased, compounding error, medication not on formulary, unsuitable for use, new formulation and capsule size, open blister strip, part pack quantity, new brand received, recall, patient refusal, batch number illegible, expiry date illegible, dispensing disposal, dispensed medications not collected by patients, ordering error, faulty packaging, dropped, spillage, counted on cyto-toxic tray, product redesigned and superseded, loss through filtration, extraction volume less, incorrect product packed in seizure kit, part of a clinical trial which is now closed, manufacturing overage, disposal excess in vial post sterile dispensing and end of bottle reconciliation.
(a) $1,016,081.00
(i) $36,840.00
(b)(i) 3 were disposed of due to contamination of which one was a Schedule 8 medicine.
(ii) 17818 were disposed of due to expiration of which 1143 were schedule 8 medicines.
(iii) 903 were disposed of due to damage of which 96 were schedule 8 medicines.
(iv) 8620 were disposed of due to other reasons of which 76 were schedule 8 medicines.
Other reasons include storage condition breach, storage temperature breach, accidental destruction, patients own medications (requested destruction), patient sterile/compounded medication ceased, compounding error, medication not on formulary, unsuitable for use, new formulation and capsule size, open blister strip, part pack quantity, new brand received, recall, patient refusal, batch number illegible, expiry date illegible, dispensing disposal, dispensed medications not collected by patients, ordering error, faulty packaging, dropped, spillage, counted on cyto-toxic tray, product redesigned and superseded, loss through filtration, extraction volume less, incorrect product packed in seizure kit, part of a clinical trial which is now closed, manufacturing overage, disposal excess in vial post sterile dispensing and end of bottle reconciliation.
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