Strategies to conserve salbutamol pressurized metered-dose inhaler stock levels amid COVID-19 drug shortage

Ali Elbeddini1, Yasamin Tayefehchamani2, Lucy Yang3
1Winchester District Memorial Hospital, 566 Louise Street, Winchester, ON, KK0C2K0, Canada
2Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, 144 College St., Toronto, ON, M5S 3M2, Canada
3Medisystem Pharmacies, 75 Lesmill Road, Toronto, ON, M3B 2T8, Canada

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