Advocates for World Health

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Due to regulations imposed on health care providers (hospitals) in the US, medical products with expiration dates are thrown awaybefore their usable life is expired. AWH recovers this product and redistributes it back to hospitals, clinics, and nonprofits that serveimpoverished populations around the world. By bringing theseproducts back to market, they are delivered to the people that need it...

Health care providers found with expired product in their facility may face fines and/or accreditation loss due to FDA standards. To mitigate these liabilities, medical product is often discarded with months, sometimes years, left to expiration. According to the EPA, the US healthcare industry generates over 8.1 billion pounds of medical waste each year; up to 60% is still-usable product. This...