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This might be true, but it also wouldn't surprise me if regulations said "replace expired items."
by eganist 10y ago
This might be true, but it also wouldn't surprise me if regulations said "replace expired items."
- emodendroket 10y agoSome government agencies have saved a lot by holding onto "expired" medications. http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB954201508530067326 http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB954201508530067326
- eganist 10y agoNice. I'm not sure I'd trust military research all that much given how the VA has to deal with the aftermath of defects in medical policies and research by the DoD, but hey at least someone's researching it.
- niels_olson 10y agoVA hospitals generally support university research, not military research. The military has their own hospitals and more importantly their own field casualty care systems. Source: I am a physician researcher at a military medical center. As far as trusting research, you can probably find a good solid reason to distrust any research. Whatever your politics you can probably find something you disagree with about any given funding agency. But in that case we should just revert to our Neanderthal selves and solve all of our problems with clubs. What you should be doing is thinking critically about the introduction and method section And comparing them to the results. If you're in the field, you should know the authors or at least something about them and their methods.
- lostlogin 10y agoSome things - adrenaline comes to mind - have a very short time frame until expiration and frequently newer atock isn't available when ordered. I assume expired stock is often used.