{"id":4269,"date":"2023-07-12T13:31:23","date_gmt":"2023-07-12T13:31:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wapcpharm.org\/journal\/?p=4269"},"modified":"2023-07-25T13:37:26","modified_gmt":"2023-07-25T13:37:26","slug":"west-african-journal-of-pharmacy-2020-31-1-92-105","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wapcpharm.org\/journal\/west-african-journal-of-pharmacy-2020-31-1-92-105\/","title":{"rendered":"West African Journal of Pharmacy (2020) 31 (1) 92 – 105"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Pharmaceutical waste management among community pharmacists in Lagos metropolis, South-western Nigeria- a cross-sectional study<\/span><\/b><\/p>


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Abdulhakeem O. Abiola , Chinwe N Dike , Aisha T. Abdulkareem , Abdulkabir B. Adegoke, <\/span>Karimat B. Balogun , Sakirullah A. Adetoro<\/span>
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1Department of Community Health, Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Lagos, Nigeria;<\/p>

2Department of Pharmacology, University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria;<\/p>

3Department of Pharmacy, University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria<\/p>


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Corresponding author: Abdulhakeem O. Abiola<\/p>

Email: aoabi2@gmail.com ; Phone: +2347034868296<\/p>


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Background: Pharmaceutical waste is an emerging public health concern. Unsafe disposal of unused, expired, or\u00a0unwanted pharmaceuticals can adversely affect our communities. Of particular concern is that exposure to\u00a0<\/span>pharmaceutical waste may cause cancer as well as physiological changes in humans and animals.<\/span><\/p>

Objectives:<\/b> To determine the knowledge, attitude and practices of pharmaceutical waste management among\u00a0community pharmacists in Lagos metropolis.<\/span><\/p>

Methods:<\/b> A descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out among community pharmacists selected by\u00a0multistage sampling technique. Pre-tested, structured, self-administered questionnaire and an observer\u00a0<\/span>checklist were used for data collection. Data were analysed using Epi-Info Version 7.1.1.4 statistical software.<\/span>Respondents’ knowledge, attitudes and practices were scored and graded as poor (<50%) and good ( 50%).\u00a0<\/span>Univariate and bivariate analysis were carried out. P value ?0.05 was considered statistically significant.<\/span><\/p>

Results: <\/b>Mean age of the respondents was 44.5 \u00b1 9.2 years. Only 12.6% of the respondents identified ‘Drug Take-\u00a0back’ as a method of pharmaceutical waste disposal for consumers. Majority (86.6%) of the respondents agreed\u00a0<\/span>that it is the responsibility of a community pharmacist to ensure proper management of pharmaceutical waste.\u00a0<\/span>Most reported method of disposal of pharmaceutical waste was throwing into trash bin (56.9%). Few (38.1%) of\u00a0<\/span>the respondents were observed to have secured container for pharmaceutical waste. Respondents’ mean \u00b1SD (in\u00a0<\/span>percentage) and proportion of respondents with good grades were: Knowledge [56.7\u00b126.1 & 187 (78.2%)];\u00a0<\/span>attitude [88.5\u00b16.4 & 235 (98.3%)]; reported practice [59.2\u00b128.7 & 216 (90.4%)] and observed practice [26.5\u00b118.2<\/span>& 79 (33.1%)].<\/span><\/p>

Conclusion:<\/b> Underlying problem of pharmaceutical waste management among community pharmacists is\u00a0inherent in the observed practice component. Routine training of community pharmacists on pharmaceutical\u00a0<\/span>waste management is recommended.<\/span><\/p>

Keywords:<\/b> Pharmaceutical waste management, knowledge, attitude, practice, drug take-back<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Pharmaceutical waste management among community pharmacists in Lagos metropolis, South-western Nigeria- a cross-sectional study Abdulhakeem O. Abiola , Chinwe N Dike , Aisha T. Abdulkareem , Abdulkabir B. Adegoke, Karimat B. Balogun , Sakirullah A. Adetoro 1Department of Community Health, Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Lagos, Nigeria; 2Department of Pharmacology, University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria; 3Department of Pharmacy, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[210],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wapcpharm.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4269"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wapcpharm.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wapcpharm.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wapcpharm.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wapcpharm.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4269"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/wapcpharm.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4269\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4275,"href":"https:\/\/wapcpharm.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4269\/revisions\/4275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wapcpharm.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wapcpharm.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wapcpharm.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}