Evaluation of Medicine Reverse Logistics Practices in Hospitals

Ribeiro, Diego Pereira; Oliveira, Uálison Rébula de; César, Aldara da Silva; Fernandes, Vicente Aprigliano

doi:10.3390/su13063496

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“…Campos proposed that management, information technology, and infrastructure are key in the medicine return process [ 16 ]. Some studies have explored the social responsibility of pharmaceutical enterprises in the closed-loop operation of medicine return and manufacturing [ 17 ], the economic benefits of medicine return and reuse to the pharmaceutical supply chain [ 18 , 19 ], and the planning of logistics for medicine return from hospitals [ 20 ]. However, there are few studies on residents’ proper return behavior.…”

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The Impact of Consequences Awareness of Public Environment on Medicine Return Behavior: A Moderated Chain Mediation Model

Liu

Lay³

2021

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With global aging trends and prosperity in the medicine market, the number of unused or expired household unused or expired medicines is increasing. Medicines which are discarded improperly result in serious pollution. From the perspective of behavioral science, the main contribution of this paper is the construction of a chain mediation model to analyze the influence mechanism between consequences awareness of the public environment and proper return behavior of unused or expired medicines. The model explores the moderating effect of personal health awareness with through observation of to the mediating effect of personal norms and return intention. Using a sample size of 366 residents from China, the proposed hypotheses are empirically tested. The results show: firstly, the direct effect of residents’ consequences awareness of public environmental awareness on the proper medicine return behavior is not significant; secondly, return intention plays a mediating role in the positive effect of consequences awareness of the public environment on proper return behavior; thirdly, personal norms and return intention play a chain mediating role in the positive impact of consequences awareness of the public environment on proper return behavior; and lastly, personal health awareness moderates the chain mediation path by strengthening the positive effect of return intention on proper return behavior.

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The Impact of Consequences Awareness of Public Environment on Medicine Return Behavior: A Moderated Chain Mediation Model

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2021

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“…The analytic hierarchy process (AHP) was developed by Thomas Saaty in the 1970s (Harker and Vargas 1987) and is one of the most popular multicriteria methods to support decision-making (Bertolini and Bevilacqua 2006;Nejad et al 2021;Dias et al 2021;Ribeiro et al 2021;Vlachokostas et al 2021), applied extensively in many fields (Ortega et al 2021). It is easy to use, scalable, and recommended for problems with a medium number of alternatives and criteria.…”

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Straightening machine preventive maintenance intervention plan based on AHP: a case study in a steel company in Brazil

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Equipment failure and production shortfalls can cause significant impacts on companies. Preventive maintenance can potentially increase equipment reliability and availability, helping companies achieve their corporate goals while reducing operation and maintenance costs. However, determining the optimal interval between maintenance interventions involves balancing various factors such as maintenance costs, equipment availability, risk of failures, and the need for corrective maintenance, as well as potential operational and financial impacts. Under this context, this paper aims to define the interval between preventive maintenance interventions for a key production equipment in a steel company located in Southeast region of Brazil. Upon documental analysis and interviews with experts, an AHP was applied to hierarchize the maintenance periodicity, based on the following criteria: part replacement based on service life, downtime hours for preventive maintenance, equipment reliability, and cost of materials and labour. A biweekly preventive maintenance periodicity was identified as the most adequate for the analysed device. An implementation plan was approved and preliminary results indicate no availability deterioration, while maintenance costs are below historical average.

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“…Reverse logistics in medicines allow them to recover their value when the disposal is done correctly by hospitals, pharmacies, and patients to the manufacturers/suppliers (Lin & Gao, 2018). This type of logistics in this sector is relevant and contributes to reducing the exposure of medicines to other people and the environment (D. P. Ribeiro et al, 2021). Four practices should be stipulated in this sector: donation, disposal, storage, return, and the disposal practices of medicines which are disposal into the rubbish, flushing, e.g., toilet or sink, burying (environment,) and incineration (Kumar and Saravanan, 2016).…”

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Reverse Logistics: an approach to raising awareness of the risks caused by the incorrect disposal of expired drugs

Oliveira

Teixeira

Souza

et al. 2023

DUTCH J FINANCE MANA

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The growth in the manufacture of medicines and their consumption has potentiated an exponential growth in the improper disposal of medicines. This improper disposal comes from the population's lack of information or choice to do it the right way, increasing the risks of contamination of the environment and of the human being. This research seeks to contribute to the awareness of the risks that the incorrect disposal of expired drugs produces in the environment. This study was applied to Brazil, specifically to the state of Ceará. A quantitative methodology by questionnaire was developed with the population (N=71) and pharmacies in Ceará (N=7). The main results of this investigation indicate that there is misinformation among most of the population regarding the correct disposal practices and the impact of doing it incorrectly on the environment and the population. As for the establishments that sell medicines, there is a lack of interest in creating policies for the awareness of correct disposal. This study is intended to be of added value to government organizations, the academic community, and all those interested in reverse logistics in health and sustainability.

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Evaluation of Medicine Reverse Logistics Practices in Hospitals

Cited by 16 publications

References 41 publications

The Impact of Consequences Awareness of Public Environment on Medicine Return Behavior: A Moderated Chain Mediation Model

The Impact of Consequences Awareness of Public Environment on Medicine Return Behavior: A Moderated Chain Mediation Model

Straightening machine preventive maintenance intervention plan based on AHP: a case study in a steel company in Brazil

Reverse Logistics: an approach to raising awareness of the risks caused by the incorrect disposal of expired drugs

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