Objective The aim of this cross-sectional study was to examine the behaviour of individuals with respect to the disposal of expired and unused medications. Furthermore, we aimed to identify the best methods of education regarding appropriate, safe disposal of medication. Setting The study was ...
regarding disposal of unused and date expired drugs at their homes.The structured interview and discussions with people around brought out many shocking and dangerous practices being followed by the people though, many of the respondents were highly educated and well aware of their wrong and unmindful...
We now know pharmaceutical drugs cannot be fully removed by traditional wastewater treatment. Flushing expired or unwanted medicines down the toilet can harm the San Francisco Bay. The best way to safely get rid of your expired and unwanted medicines is to discard them at a designated collection ...
Regarding the disposal of expired drugs, the majority of participants (66 %) reported disposing of them in their garbage. Other methods, such as flushing (14 %) and storage (8.4 %), were less common. A small percentage of participants (4.2 %) reported that they returned expired drugs to ...
Medication administration phase: Products could be removed for a discharged patient, medications might be documented as administered but not provided to patients, or substitute drugs might be administered in place of the product. Waste and removal phase: Controlled-substance waste might be removed from...
(67.7) Expired drugs found or labels not visible 40 (41.67) Did not preserve prescription 58 (60.4) Drugs within reach of children 16 (16.7) *Multiple responses 1187 International Journal of Medical Science and Public Health 2017 | Vol 6 | Issue 7 Maharana...
No matter the particular type drug and drug package collection unit utilized by hospitals, pharmacies or the like, the destruction of expired drugs is subject to strict accountability. For example, pills or capsules which are destroyed in a hospital environment must be removed from the container, ...
The study was conducted to evaluate the practice towards disposal of medicines - left out/ expired drugs among the patients visiting tertiary care teaching hospital and primary health centre in South India. A total of 158 patients were participated in the study from outpatient departments, inpatients...
EcosystemExpired/unused drugsImproper disposalBackground: Awareness towards improper disposal of medicines and its hazardous impact on environment is one of the major issues which we are neglecting but needs to be focused. In general, expired medicines/waste medicines/ left out medicines are disposed ...
This document proposes some alternatives for expired drugs treatment, specifically the kind beta lactamic antibiotics, by physiochemical processes in laboratory test. Based on the chemical stability of these drugs and the chemical and physical degradation pathways, the expired drugs treatment was designed...