Unused medication waste: respondent’s opinion from current study in Malaysia

There are a lot of efforts have been employed to find out the major factor which increase the volume of medication waste. However, several survey reports were highlighted the key factors of medication waste like lack of knowledge on the serious impact of unused medication waste, neglected the proper...

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Main Authors:	Islam, Mohd Aminul, Azad, Abul Kalam, Sunzida, Nushrat Khan
Format:	Article
Language:	English English
Published:	Wolters Kluwer Medknow 2018
Subjects:	Q Science (General)
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spelling	iium-695722019-07-12T08:22:16Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/69572/ Unused medication waste: respondent’s opinion from current study in Malaysia Islam, Mohd Aminul Azad, Abul Kalam Sunzida, Nushrat Khan Q Science (General) There are a lot of efforts have been employed to find out the major factor which increase the volume of medication waste. However, several survey reports were highlighted the key factors of medication waste like lack of knowledge on the serious impact of unused medication waste, neglected the proper disposal technique, not following the drug take bag system, pharmacy or dispensaries were not providing proper guideline or any materials to return unused medicines to the pharmacy, not enough campaign or community activities on medication waste, educational institute were not taking any responsibility like institution base extra seminar or lecturer on dangerous environmental impact and serious public health problem due to unused medications. However, this report will be encouraged to the government policy maker, social and welfare department and health facilities department to take an emergency necessary steps to reduce or resolved this problem. Wolters Kluwer Medknow 2018-02 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/69572/1/695723_Unused%20medication%20waste.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/69572/7/69572_Unused%20medication%20waste_scopus.pdf Islam, Mohd Aminul and Azad, Abul Kalam and Sunzida, Nushrat Khan (2018) Unused medication waste: respondent’s opinion from current study in Malaysia. Annals of Tropical Medicine & Public Health, 3 (Special Issue). S10-2018. ISSN 1755-6783 E-ISSN 0974-6005 http://www.atmph-specialissues.org/cms/images/Vol%20II.pdf
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description	There are a lot of efforts have been employed to find out the major factor which increase the volume of medication waste. However, several survey reports were highlighted the key factors of medication waste like lack of knowledge on the serious impact of unused medication waste, neglected the proper disposal technique, not following the drug take bag system, pharmacy or dispensaries were not providing proper guideline or any materials to return unused medicines to the pharmacy, not enough campaign or community activities on medication waste, educational institute were not taking any responsibility like institution base extra seminar or lecturer on dangerous environmental impact and serious public health problem due to unused medications. However, this report will be encouraged to the government policy maker, social and welfare department and health facilities department to take an emergency necessary steps to reduce or resolved this problem.
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author	Islam, Mohd Aminul Azad, Abul Kalam Sunzida, Nushrat Khan
author_facet	Islam, Mohd Aminul Azad, Abul Kalam Sunzida, Nushrat Khan
author_sort	Islam, Mohd Aminul
title	Unused medication waste: respondent’s opinion from current study in Malaysia
title_short	Unused medication waste: respondent’s opinion from current study in Malaysia
title_full	Unused medication waste: respondent’s opinion from current study in Malaysia
title_fullStr	Unused medication waste: respondent’s opinion from current study in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Unused medication waste: respondent’s opinion from current study in Malaysia
title_sort	unused medication waste: respondent’s opinion from current study in malaysia
publisher	Wolters Kluwer Medknow
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Unused medication waste: respondent’s opinion from current study in Malaysia

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