Problems and Improvement Suggestions of Some Chinese Patent Medicine Package / 中国药房

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE:To provide suggestions for pharmaceutical manufacturers to improve medicine package in China. METHODS:The problems of some Chinese patent medicine package were summed up and analyzed,and improvement suggestions were put forward. RESULTS & CONCLUSIONS:At present,many defects are observed in Chinese patent drug package,such as large package increasing patients’burden;various package material aggravating resource waste and environmental pollution;indi-vidual package and multilayered package increasing unpacking and peeling time,and bringing risk;non-standard medicine informa-tion carrier easily resulting in medical errors. Pharmaceutical manufacturers are suggested to simplify drug package,increase pack-age capacity,adopt ordinary packagdized,highlight key information and other measures. Through these measures,Chinese patent medicine package could to be more standard,humanized and be convenient for clinical use.