Medications at School: Disposing of Pharmaceutical Waste

Taras, Howard; Haste, Nina M.; Berry, A; Tran, Jennifer; Singh, Rameswar

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“…Academic institutions contribute to the accumulation of an enormous amount of expired and unused medicines, and this can damage the environment as well as causing a public health problem. 7,12 Therefore, our study aimed to assess the knowledge, attitude, and practices on the disposal methods of expired and unused medicines among students in public academic institutions in Lusaka district of Zambia. In this study, 215 (55.8%) of the respondents were not aware of medication waste and this is similar to a study that was conducted in Ethiopia.…”

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“…6 Globally, some studies have been done on knowledge, attitude and practices regarding the disposal of expired and/or unused medicines by students. 6,7 In Africa, unused medicines disposal management appears to be more critical as reports from around the continents like Mozambique, South Africa, Kenya and Swaziland, indicating unsafe disposal practices characterized by unregulated, illegal and indiscriminate disposal of medicines. In 2014, a study in Ghana determined how resident students of Konongo-Odumasi in the Ashanti region dispose of their unused, unwanted and expired medication.…”

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Knowledge, attitude, and practices on disposal methods of expired and unused medicines among students in public academic institutions in Lusaka, Zambia

Kampamba

Cheela

Hikaambo

et al. 2021

Int J Basic Clin Pharmacol

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Background: Unsafe disposal of unused and expired household medicines is a public health problem and mostly occur because of a lack of knowledge towards suitable medicine disposal methods. Thus, we aimed to assess the knowledge, attitude, and practices on the disposal methods of unused and expired medicines among students in public academic institutions in Lusaka, Zambia.Methods: This was a cross-sectional study in which 385 students from three higher learning academic institutions were interviewed face to face using a structured questionnaire from 10th May to 24th June 2019. The cleaned data was then transferred to statistical package for social science (SPSS) version 25.0 for analysis.Results: The mean age of the participants was 23 (SD±2.9). Out of the 385 participants, 215 (55.8%) did not know much about medical waste and 345 (89.6%) of them did not have any previous information regarding proper and safe disposal of unused and expired medicine. However, 351 (91.4%) of the participants appropriately responded that unsafe disposal of unused and expired medicine poses a threat to human health and can harm the environment. Throwing unused and expired medicine in household garbage/bin was the most frequently used disposal practice followed by flushing them in toilet/sink as responded by 231 (60.0%) and 128 (33.3%) of participants respectively. Only 17 (4.42%) reported returning unused and expired medicines to the nearest pharmacy. Conclusions: The majority of the study participants used unsafe methods to dispose of unused and expired medicine. However, most of the participants acknowledged that unsafe disposal of unused and expired medicines is a public health problem and proposed the need to introduce drug take-back programs in the communities.

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Knowledge, attitude, and practices on disposal methods of expired and unused medicines among students in public academic institutions in Lusaka, Zambia

Kampamba

Cheela

Hikaambo

et al. 2021

Int J Basic Clin Pharmacol

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“…Generalmente, estos medicamentos no utilizables no representan una amenaza importante para salud pública o ambiental [10]. La eliminación inapropiada de los desechos es lo que riesgos significativos para seres humanos y el medio ambiente [11].…”

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Medicamentos no utilizables: problemática y medidas pertinentes para su disposición final

Rodríguez¹,

Román

2016

Rev Med UCR

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Una de las causas principales de contaminación corresponde a la constante generación de desechos industriales, lo que repercute negativamente en la salud y bienestar de la población. En la industria farmacéutica, por la naturaleza de los desechos generados, se requiere un tratamiento y disposición acorde con las características de cada medicamento. Una parte importante de ellos se producen cuando las formas farmacéuticas provenientes de hogares y hospitales, expiran o se consideran no utilizables. Varios estudios demuestran cómo la disposición inapropiada de los desechos representa riesgos significativos para seres humanos y el medio ambiente. Por ello, se pretende explicar la problemática de una manipulación inadecuada de los medicamentos no utilizables y las acciones a seguir para su adecuado tratamiento. Con ello, se busca encontrar una alternativa más segura, simple, práctica y estandarizada para el bienestar de la Salud Pública.

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“…Na disposição direta, o descarte inadequado de medicamentos em locais impróprios, causam a contaminação do meio ambiente e consequentemente ocasionam problemas de saúde à população (Taras et al, 2014). Research, Society andDevelopment, v. 11, n. 3, e56811326913, 2022 (CC BY 4.0) | ISSN 2525-3409 | DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.33448/rsd-v11i3.26913 3 A Política Nacional de Resíduos Sólidos (PNRS) preconiza a necessidade de reduzir a geração de resíduos.…”

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Educação em saúde: a importância do descarte correto de medicamentos domiciliares vencidos ou em desuso

Nalepa

Fujiwara

Kiatikoski

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Os medicamentos são apontados como micropoluentes emergentes, seu descarte inadequado em locais impróprios, podem causar efeitos negativos à saúde humana e ao meio ambiente. O farmacêutico, enquanto educador em saúde, deve orientar ao uso racional e o descarte adequado dos medicamentos vencidos ou em desuso. A educação em saúde promove a autonomia, responsabilidade e maior participação dos indivíduos no cuidado a saúde. Com os objetivos de orientar a comunidade da importância do descarte adequado, analisar de que forma está sendo desprezados os medicamentos domiciliares vencidos ou em desuso, refletir sobre os riscos ambientais e sanitários do descarte inadequado e de possíveis soluções, a Farmácia Escola UFPR, promoveu uma campanha educativa sobre o descarte consciente de medicamentos. Durante a campanha, foi aplicado um questionário para verificar a percepção e conhecimento sobre o tema, orientações e esclarecimentos, e exposição de cartazes interativos. Foram entrevistadas 515 pessoas, destas 48,13% descartavam seus medicamentos de forma incorreta, 59,51%, afirmaram que os medicamentos venciam devido a sobras de tratamento e 65,82% dos participantes, declararam nunca ter visto campanhas sobre descarte de medicamentos e, após a abordagem 91,63% dos entrevistados relataram que as informações repassadas foram úteis. O descarte inadequado de medicamentos vencidos ou em desuso constitui um problema de saúde pública. Assim, é necessária a adoção de medidas de desenvolvimento de campanhas educativas, de uso e descarte correto, automedicação responsável, prática da venda fracionada, e a implantação da logística reserva integrada para solucionar este problema.

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Medications at School: Disposing of Pharmaceutical Waste

Abstract: Unclaimed medications at school each year pose a potentially huge environmental risk when disposed of improperly. It is feasible to implement an environmentally responsible medication disposal protocol at schools.

Cited by 7 publications

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Knowledge, attitude, and practices on disposal methods of expired and unused medicines among students in public academic institutions in Lusaka, Zambia

Knowledge, attitude, and practices on disposal methods of expired and unused medicines among students in public academic institutions in Lusaka, Zambia

Medicamentos no utilizables: problemática y medidas pertinentes para su disposición final

Educação em saúde: a importância do descarte correto de medicamentos domiciliares vencidos ou em desuso

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