Best Practices and Guidelines
ASHP Guidelines on Managing Drug Product Shortages [Updated July 2018]
Sample Drug Shortages Policy by University Healthcare Hospitals and Clinics [PDF]
Tools
Small Volume Parenteral (SVP) Solutions Shortages: Suggestions for Management and Conservation, ASHP, 2017
Multi-Stakeholder Toolkit: A Toolkit for Improved Understanding and Transparency of Drug Shortage Response in Canada
Multi-Stakeholder Steering Committee on Drug Shortages in Canada, 2017 [PDF]
Ethical Framework for Resource Allocation During the Drug Supply Shortage
Ontario, Canada Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, 2012 [PDF]
Other Resources
Baxter Provides Extended Dating to Assist With IV Solution Shortages (Jan 2018, FDA)
Summary Results of November 2017 Survey on Shortage of Small Volume Parenterals (SVPs) (2017) [PDF]
National Survey of the Impact of Drug Shortages in Acute Care Hospitals, AJHP, 2015
2014 Drug Shortages Summit Report , 2014 [PDF]
FDA's Strategic Plan for Preventing and Mitigating Drug Shortages (2013) [PDF]
April 2013 Drug Shortages Summit Report: Evaluating Long Term Solutions [PDF]
Drug Shortages as an Impetus to Improve Parenteral Nutrition Practices, AJHP, 2013
Economic and Technological Drivers of Generic Sterile Injectable Drug Shortages, Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, 2013
Survey Reveals Frustration and Safety Issues with Drug Shortages, ISMP, 2010
