Knowledge, attitude and practice of community pharmacists towards household pharmaceutical waste disposal
Bee Yean Low1, Kang Nee Ting1, Mei Kee Lee1
1School of Pharmacy, University of Nottingham Malaysia, Semenyih, Selangor, Malaysia.
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.
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