Medicine quality Flashcards
1
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Poor quality medicine - definition
A
All medicines that are not good quality, including falsified, substandard and degraded medications
2
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Falsified drugs - definition
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Intentionally fraudulent production
3
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Substandard drugs - definition
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Result from negligent factory error
4
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Degraded drugs - definition
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Leave factory in good quality but degrade due to heat, condition, poor supply chain management
5
Q
Medicine quality screening devices
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Minilab
Raman spectroscopy
Paper analytical devices
MADLI-ToF
6
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Testing origin of falsified medicines
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Genomic approach - biological composition and environmental DNA
Chemical approach - isotope-ratio mass spectrometry
Social network analysis - map trade routes