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IMPROVEMENT PACKAGE [4 records]

Record 1 2007-09-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Modernization of Military Equipment
CONT

With almost thirty years of service under its hatch, the M113 has been the subject of numerous improvement packages.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Modernisation du matériel militaire
CONT

Le M113, qui a déjà près de 30 ans d'âge, a fait l'objet de nombreux programmes de modernisation.

Spanish

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Record 2 2002-01-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Special Packaging
  • Pharmacology
DEF

A package which contains one pharmaceutical dosage form, i.e., one tablet, one capsule, one 2-ml quantity of liquid, etc.

CONT

Blister packages are recognized as an improvement over the early foil-strip package. The tablet or capsule is visible through the blister side of the unit-dose package.

OBS

According to the Wiley Encyclopedia of Packaging Technology, unit dose packages are prescribed for hospital inpatients while unit-of-use packages are intended for the ambulatory or prescription customer.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Emballages spéciaux
  • Pharmacologie
DEF

Présentation unitaire des comprimés, dragées, suppositoires, gélules, etc., couramment utilisée dans l'industrie pharmaceutique et prenant généralement la forme d'un emballage blister.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Embalajes especiales
  • Farmacología
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Record 3 1999-01-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Special Packaging
  • Packaging Techniques
DEF

The enclosure of pharmaceutical products into unit-dose packages.

OBS

unit dose package: A package which contains one pharmaceutical dosage form, i.e., one tablet, one capsule, one 2-ml quantity of liquid, etc.

OBS

Blister packages are recognized as an improvement over the early foil-strip package. The tablet or capsule is visible through the blister side of the unit-dose package.

Key term(s)
  • unit dose packaging

French

Domaine(s)
  • Emballages spéciaux
  • Techniques d'emballage
DEF

Opération consistant à mettre un produit pharmaceutique dans un contenant à dose unitaire. On lui associera une bonne présentation pour la vente.

OBS

[...] les présentations souples [...] sont couramment utilisées dans l'industrie pharmaceutique pour le conditionnement de comprimés, dragées, suppositoires, gélules [...] Elles isolent unitairement le contenu dans des alvéoles créés entre deux films par des mâchoires chauffantes qui soudent leur pourtour. Ainsi, chaque unité de prise est protégée jusqu'à l'utilisation finale.

Spanish

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Record 4 1995-03-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Social Security and Employment Insurance
CONT

Here are some methods of returning the [Premium Reduction] that may be acceptable : cash payment to individual employees; improvement of existing group insurance package; payment to a social activities fund; reducing the employees’ group insurance premiums.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité sociale et assurance-emploi
OBS

Renseignement fourni par Citoyenneté et Immigration

Spanish

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