Sharing of MDI inhalers for multiple patients

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Sean O'Neill
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Sharing of MDI inhalers for multiple patients

Does your organization allow sharing of MDI inhalers when patients are using there own spacers? We have recently recieved this request from our ambulatory sites and pulmonary function lab. I was unable to find literature supporting or against this practice.

Sean O'Neill

The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

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