[e-drug] Reusing bottles in the drug manufacturing (2)

[Wong Wai See <yc_waisee@hotmail.com>]

E-drug: Reusing bottles in the drug manufacturing (2)
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Dear E drugger,

The article stated that reused bottle are not properly washed
because manufacturer's do not have the facility to wash them.  
Perhaps that's the next step forward then.

When I read the article, the first though that came to me (before 
completing the whole article) was that reusing bottles is a fantastic 
idea.   Must admit that I wasn't thinking from the pharmaceutical 
point of view, but from the environmental / green point of view.  In a 
global environment of depleting natural resources,  "re-using" or "re-
cycling" used bottles should be encouraged, albeit I agree from a 
pharmacuetical point that there must be regulations to ensure 
quality.

In some of our pharmacy, amber glass oral liquid medication bottles 
Are re-used and re-cycled after cleaning appropriately.  We also 
encourage patients to bring back their amber bottles so that we can 
wash them and re-use them.

Thanks

Wong Wai See
Senior Pharmacist
Dispensary & Clinical Services
Ministry of Health
Brunei Darussalam

ycwong@brunet.bn

[I guess the next question must be how do you know the bottles are clean?
 What QA do you do on the cleaning process? - TD]


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