Broken bulk claims

Category A - Drugs which are readily available. Endorsement of pack size is required if more than one pack size is listed. Broken bulk (see below) may be claimed if necessary. 

Category B - Drugs whose usage has declined over time. No endorsement is required other than a claim for broken bulk if necessary. 

Category E - Extemporaneously prepared items for which the fee listed for extemporaneous dispensing in Part IIIA will be claimed. No endorsement is required. Broken bulk is not allowed, but may be paid on the ingredients. 

Broken bulk is where a pharmacy contractor may claim for the remainder of a container if only part was supplied and if they are unlikely to use the remainder before it expires (see Part... 

Stmcture is usually measured by a void volume test such as the absorption of dibutyl phthalate (DBPA) (15), or by bulk density measurements of the carbon black under compression. In order to eliminate the effects of pelletizing conditions the DBPA test has been modified to use a sample that has been precompressed at a pressure of 165 MPa (24,000 psi) and then broken up four successive times (24M4) (16). This procedure causes some aggregate breakdown and is claimed to more closely approximate the actual breakdown that occurs duting mbber mixing. 

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