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)
Injectable Opioid Shortage FAQ
Sterile Water for Injection Shortage FAQ
Other Resources
ASHP Severity and Impact of Current Drug Shortages (2023)
Drug Shortage Management: A Qualitative Assessment of a Collaborative Approach (2021)
FDA Drug Shortages: Root Causes and Potential Solutions (2019)
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)
Summary Results of November 2017 Survey on Shortage of Small Volume Parenterals (SVPs) (2017)
2014 Drug Shortages Summit Report
2013 Drug Shortages Summit Report: Evaluating Long Term Solutions
