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Unit-of-Use Packaging

DRUG PRODUCT PACKAGING
  1. APhA supports development, distribution, and use of unit-of-use packaging as the pharmaceutical industry standard to enhance patient safety, patient adherence, drug distribution efficiencies, and Drug Supply Chain Security Act (DSCSA) regulations.
  2. APhA encourages collaboration with the pharmaceutical industry, repackagers, third-party payers, and appropriate federal agencies to effect the changes necessary for the adoption of unit-of-use packaging as the industry standard.
  3. APhA supports the enactment of laws, regulations, and policies to permit pharmacists to modify prescribed quantities to correspond with commercially available unit-of-use packages.
Reference: (JAPhA. NS43(5:)(suppl 1):S57; September/October 2003) (JAPhA. NS46(5):562; September/October 2006) (Reviewed 2007) (Reviewed 2012) (Reviewed 2013) (Reviewed 2018) (JAPhA. 59(4):e17; July/August 2019) (Reviewed 2020) (JAPhA 64(4);102117, July/August 2024)
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