$1,170,000,000,000

[1]

Claudia Lutfallah

Unit Dose Strip Packager

Unit Dose Liquid Packager

Reduced Medication Errors

Organized Dose Administration

Less Time to Package Doses

Automated Unit Dose Packager

Automated Packaging

and Dispensing System

Automated Packaging

and Dispensing System

2,000,000 doses per

hospital per year

x 1,450 hospitals in Canada

= 2,900,000,000 doses

x 16,500 hospitals in the world

= 33,000,000,000 doses

[2]

11.2 billion tonnes

10.7 kg/bed/day

[3], [4]

[5], [6]

[7]

Polyhydroxyalkanoate

(PHA)Polylactic Acid

(PLA)

Cellulose Acetate

(CA)

33,000,000,000

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