Community Pharmacy in Warri, Nigeria – A Survey of Practice Details
Journal Title: Scholars Academic Journal of Pharmacy - Year 2013, Vol 2, Issue 5
Abstract
Activities of community pharmacists could have a profound impact on the health of the public. Knowledge of routine daily activities of community pharmacists could can be harnessed to ensure optimum and safer service delivery. The objectives of the present work is to identify activities that community pharmacists actually perform; to explore variables that influence the pattern and peculiarities of community pharmacy practice in the Nigerian setting. The methods involved A survey of all pharmacies in the study area was done using a pre- tested self reporting questionnaire. It was observed that of the 57 community pharmacies that met the inclusion criteria, the open drug markets were a major source of drug stock for 25 ( 43.86%). 42% of pharmacies received prescriptions from nearby government hospitals only “ Occasionally”. 19% had never received a prescription from any private hospital .Only 14% admitted that they administer injections quite often in their practice. 98.2 % of pharmacists admitted making prescription drugs recommendations to their clients. It can be concluded that community pharmacists are involved in a broad range of health promotion activities. Injection administration and recommendation of prescription drugs are activities that could impact negatively on public health. Lack of prescriptions from hospitals and clinics, low aggregate turnover and a chaotic drug distribution channel are factors contributing to such practices. Keywords: community pharmacy, open drug markets, unethical practice
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Adje, D. U, Oli, A N
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