Comparison of drug doses with available vial sizes for each drug
When the doses of drugs prescribed to the vial strength available at our setup (as shown in Table 5 ), the highest frequency of dose matching the vial size was seen for L-asparaginase. For 31 L-asparaginase administrations, the dose perfectly matched the vial size available in 5 cases (10000 IU). However, for drugs with high wastage, such as doxorubicin, the median dose prescribed in our study, i.e., 33.9 mg (range 16-48), did not match the vial strengths available at our hospital (10, 50 mg).
Table 5: Details of available vial strengths and matching with prescribed dose. (n=140)