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<p>In general, if the hospital pharmacy issues medicines to a ward or individual patient
and those medicines remain in the organisation, either because they are not supplied
on discharge or the patient dies, then the medicines would be returned to ward stock
or the pharmacy and re-used. If the medicines had been brought in to the hospital
by the patient and the patient is subsequently discharged or dies, and the medicines
remain in the hospital, then they would be safely disposed of by the hospital pharmacy.</p><p>
</p><p>The main difference between the two scenarios is that, in the first there is
sufficient guarantee of the storage conditions to ensure the medicines’ integrity
can be assured. In the second scenario, such integrity cannot be guaranteed.</p>
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