Multiuse eye drop bottles are often discarded at medical centers long before the FDA-regulated expiration date, leading to significant drug waste and increased costs, according to research published in Ophthalmology.
“A lot of larger institutions discard eye drop bottles based on ‘self-imposed use cessation dates,’ or SUCDs,” study author Gareth M.C. Lema, MD, PhD, vice chair of quality, safety and experience at the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary at Mount Sinai and associate professor of ophthalmology at Ichan School of Medicine, told Healio. “We found that we’re