Awareness and Disposal Practices of Medicines among the Community in Hawassa City, Ethiopia

<table class="table-group" id="tab8"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_center" colspan="2">Items</td><td class="align_center">HHs (<i>N</i> = 402) frequency (%)</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left" rowspan="5">Disposal of expired medicines from HHs</td><td class="align_center">Put them in the garbage</td><td class="align_center">272 (67.7)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_center">Flush them down the toilet</td><td class="align_center">83 (20.6)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_center">Burn them</td><td class="align_center">31 (7.7)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_center">Bury underground</td><td class="align_center">16 (4)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_center">“Medicine-take-back”</td><td class="align_center">0 (0)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left" rowspan="2">Unexpired but leftover/unused medicines in HHs</td><td class="align_center">Dispose of them just like the expired medicines</td><td class="align_center">301 (74.9)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_center">Keep them until they expired</td><td class="align_center">101 (25.1)</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="3"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Household disposal practices of expired, leftover, or unused medicines.</div>

Journal of Toxicology

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Table 8: Awareness and Disposal Practices of Medicines among the Community in Hawassa City, Ethiopia 