Abstract
Article history: Received on: 08/05/2015 Revised on: 26/06/2015 Accepted on: 15/07/2015 Available online: 27/09/2015 Background: labeling and knowledge of dispensing drug is important for the patient to identify the contents and to ensure that they have clear and concise information about the use of the dispensed drug. Lack of this may lead the patient to incorrect use, which in turn results in an adverse effect. So the present was undertaken to assess the labeling and patient knowledge of dispensing drugs in Adulala Health Center outpatient pharmacy, Adulala, East Shoa, Ethiopia. Method: A cross sectional, prospective study was done by examining previously prepared a checklist to gather information from each package of dispensing drugs to patients and exit interview done with patients to assess their knowledge of the dispensed drug at Adulala Health Center Outpatient Pharmacy from January 23 to February 7, 2014. The data were analyzed by using statistical software package SPSS 16.0. Results: A total of 302 patients was studied of which majority (62.6%) of them were females and 38.2% of the patients were in the age group of 21-45. All the patients were aware of the dose and a majority (79.06%) of them about frequency. The labeling pattern of dispensing drugs attributes 100% in case of name, strength and expiry of the drug. Patient name was written in only 4.7% of the dispensed drugs. Out of a total 554 dispensed drugs most (46.93%) of them were dispensed for chemotherapeutic to a majority (192) of the patients of 21-45 age groups. Sex has no association with patient knowledge on dosage, frequency, and duration (p-value=0. 423, 0.630, 0.115) respectively. Conclusion: The study depicts that dispensed drugs had poor labeling. Educational level and patient age have a strong association with patient knowledge of dispensing drugs whereas sex has no association with patient knowledge. Dispensing time was short. Not all prescribed medications are dispensed.
Highlights
Dispensing of drugs is the process of preparing and handing over medicine to a patient on the basis of the prescription which emphasizes more on accurate preparation and labeling of medicine
A study done by using WHO’s prescribing, patient care and health facility indicators in selected health centers in South West Ethiopia in shebe HC, Yebu HC, Serbo HC and Jimma HC showed that; the mean consultation time spent between the prescriber and patient were 6.50 minutes which was the longest at SHHC and 5.47 minutes which was the shortest time spent at YHC
The study was conducted from January 23 to February 7, 2014 on patients coming out of outpatient pharmacy of the Adulala Health Center, which located in Liban Chukala, East Shoa, Oromiya region
Summary
Dispensing of drugs is the process of preparing and handing over medicine to a patient on the basis of the prescription which emphasizes more on accurate preparation and labeling of medicine. A study done by using WHO’s prescribing, patient care and health facility indicators in selected health centers in South West Ethiopia in shebe HC, Yebu HC, Serbo HC and Jimma HC showed that; the mean consultation time spent between the prescriber and patient were 6.50 minutes which was the longest at SHHC and 5.47 minutes which was the shortest time spent at YHC. The average consultation and dispensing time in health centers was 6.14 minutes and 1.28 minutes (Mulugeta et al, 2011). The probable reason for this variation in dispensing time may be due to manpower, set up with dispensary area and ease of access for essential materials like drugs, medical equipment among health centers.
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