Skip to main content

Table 3 Compliance status of respondents to NAFDAC guideline on disposal of expired drugs (n = 77)

From: Assessment of disposal practices of expired and unused medications among community pharmacies in Anambra State southeast Nigeria: a mixed study design

Compliance status

n (%)

Noncompliance to guideline

42.0 (54.5)

Partial compliance

17.0 (22.1)

Full compliance

18.0 (23.4)

Respondents’ responses on the need for a State-run medicines disposal scheme

 Compliance status

  Noncompliance to guide line

42.0 (54.5)

  Partial compliance

17.0 (22.1)

  Full compliance

18.0 (23.4)

Respondents’ responses to the need for a State-run medicines disposal scheme

 Yes

55.0 (71.4)

 No

7.0 (9.1)

 Don’t know or no comment

15.0 (19.5)

 Total

77(100)

Respondents view on the institutions to fund State-run medicines disposal and destruction system (N, 87)

 Institution

n (%)

 PCN

21.0 (24.1)

 NAFDAC

43.0 (49.4)

 Pharmaceutical Companies

17.0 (19.5)

 Community Pharmacies

2.0 (2.3)

 Anyone

4.0 (4.6)