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
Fluid Shortage: Importation Risk Mitigation Strategies (2024, ASHP) [PDF]
Small- and Large-Volume Fluid Shortages – Suggestions for Management and Conservation (2024, ASHP)
Baxter ExactaMix Automated Compounding Device (ACD) Valve Set Supply Disruption Considerations (April 2022, ASHP and ASPEN) [PDF]
Multi-Stakeholder Toolkit: A Toolkit for Improved Understanding and Transparency of Drug Shortage Response in Canada
(2017, Multi-Stakeholder Steering Committee on Drug Shortages in Canada) [PDF]
Ethical Framework for Resource Allocation During the Drug Supply Shortage
(2012, Ontario, Canada Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care) [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)
