Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu- Natal, Durban, South Africa.
Association of Hospital and Administrative, Pharmacists of Nigeria, Lagos State, Nigeria.
Pan Afr Med J. 2022 Jun 8;42:106. doi: 10.11604/pamj.2022.42.106.34529. eCollection 2022.
increased consumption of pharmaceuticals has been reported to cause a high level of their discharge into the environment, and even small quantities in the environment have the potential to cause harm.
a descriptive cross-sectional questionnaire-based study was conducted between April and May 2021. The questionnaire was made available online through social media platforms.
a total number of 534 respondents were surveyed. Two hundred and fifty respondents (46.8%) were presently on one or more medications. Many participants have not received advice on pharmaceutical waste from health professionals (413, 78.3%). There is fair knowledge about pharmaceutical waste 234 (43.8%). Many of the respondents think there is a lack of adequate information on what to do with them (500, 93.6%) and there should be a program/ strategy to retrieve all unused, leftover, or expired medicines (475, 88.9%). A lot of respondents throw unused medicines away in household garbage (391, 73.2%).
there is fair knowledge, positive perception, and poor pharmaceutical waste disposal practice. There is a need for the implementation of a "medication take-back program" for appropriate waste disposal practice.
据报道，药品消费的增加导致其大量排放到环境中，即使环境中存在少量的药品也有可能造成危害。
本研究采用描述性的横断面问卷调查，于 2021 年 4 月至 5 月进行。问卷通过社交媒体平台在线提供。
共调查了 534 名受访者。其中 250 名受访者（46.8%）目前正在服用一种或多种药物。许多参与者没有从卫生专业人员那里获得关于药品废物处理的建议（413 名，78.3%）。有 234 名受访者（43.8%）对药品废物有一定的了解。许多受访者认为缺乏足够的信息来处理这些药品（500 名，93.6%），应该有一个回收所有未使用、剩余或过期药品的计划/策略（475 名，88.9%）。很多受访者将未使用的药品扔进家庭垃圾中（391 名，73.2%）。
目前人们对药品废物处理有一定的了解，认知较为积极，但处理实践较差。需要实施“药品回收计划”，以促进适当的废物处理。
