Table 2 Variables to be included in RUM audit and post-audit analyses

Characteristics of RUM bins

Source of container (state or territory)

Container weight

Percentage filled

Content of RUM bins

Medicine characteristics

Brand name

Generic name

Manufacturer

Medicine schedule (i.e. unscheduled, S2, S3, S4 or S8)

Therapeutic category (PBS code)

Medicine dose

Form of medicine

Whether medicine is PBS subsidised or private

Whether medicine is expired

Packaging of medicine included

Evidence of attempted destruction for S8 medicines

Presence of inappropriate items (e.g. sharps, rubbish)

Complementary and alternative medicines

Medicine in a sample package

Medicines characteristics once dispensed

Year dispensed^a

Quantity dispensed^a

Quantity returned^a

Evidence of medicine use^a

Proportion of dispensed quantity unused^{a, b}

Medicine unlabelled

Category of medicine dispensing (e.g. concession or general)^a

Dose administration aids (DAA)

Type of DAA

Proportion of medicines unused in DAA