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- Title
Knowledge, attitude and practice of community pharmacists towards household pharmaceutical waste disposal.
- Authors
Low, Bee Yean; Ting, Kang Nee; Lee, Mei Kee
- Abstract
Objective: To assess the knowledge, attitude and practice of community pharmacists (CP) towards household pharmaceutical waste disposal. Methods: All pharmacists attending the Malaysian Community Pharmacy Guild event held in-person were invited to self-administer a web-based survey. Key findings: The response rate was 61% (168/276). Overall, community pharmacists have mixed knowledge (mean ± SD: 5.89 ± 1.38) and positive attitude (mean ± SD: 9.58 ± 0.81) towards household pharmaceutical waste disposal. However, few community pharmacists (18/168, 10.7%) have promotional materials encouraging safe medication disposal in their pharmacies. Conclusions: Community pharmacists do not proactively promote safe household pharmaceutical waste disposal to mitigate pharmaceutical pollutants entering the environment although they have satisfactory knowledge and attitude.
- Subjects
MALAYSIA; HOUSEHOLD supplies; PROFESSIONS; WASTE management; DRUGSTORES; CROSS-sectional method; PHARMACISTS' attitudes; QUESTIONNAIRES; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; STATISTICAL sampling
- Publication
International Journal of Pharmacy Practice, 2023, Vol 31, Issue 2, p261
- ISSN
0961-7671
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/ijpp/riac101