Delivery of blistered Medicines as an Important Factor in Medication Safety and Maintaining Patient Health in Times of Lockdown due to COVID-19

Abstract

The whole world is holding its breath and has fallen into a kind of paralysis of shock: the Corona pandemic is affecting the lives of every single person on Earth. Many have fallen ill, many have died, almost everyone is in lockdown. But everyday processes must continue, under special conditions, yet they must continue to function. Among them is the supply of medicines to the population. Here the question arises as to whether a higher level of medication safety, especially in a situation with an extremely stressed external environment, can be provided by blistering. In this context, it is relevant what exactly blistering means, which advantages and disadvantages are associated with it, for which reasons blistering is used and whether more safety for medication can be achieved through it. This is the subject of the following remarks.