The Health Ministry has been told by the Auditor General to review its reorder levels for all drugs and consumables to avoid losses due to drugs being expired.
Expired drug stock for 2013 was valued at $369,327.
This has been reduced from the total expired stock in 2011 standing at $1.5 million while 2012 figure was $635,645.
The management of Fiji Pharmaceuticals and Biomedical Services said the elimination of expiration is impossible with indications from the WHO standard of less than 5 percent of the total purchase budget as an accepted wastage level.
It said wastage is unavoidable however controlling the wastage is the goal.
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