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GAMBARAN PEMBUANGAN OBAT YANG TIDAK DIGUNAKAN DI KALANGAN MASYARAKAT KOTA PALU Nurul Ambianti; Ririen Hardani; Muhamad Rinaldhi Tandah; Handoko Putro
PREPOTIF : JURNAL KESEHATAN MASYARAKAT Vol. 6 No. 1 (2022): April 2022
Publisher : Universitas Pahlawan

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.31004/prepotif.v6i1.3700

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Disposal of drugs that are not used in the community has a very negative impact on the environment. Many drugs are not used and become a big problem, some of which can cause contamination to the environment and disrupt the ecosystem. This study aimed to describe the description of the procurement, use, storage, disposal of drugs as well as public attitudes and information about drugs that are not used, namely damaged and expired among the people of Palu City. This study was a cross-sectional with a population of 84,374 households and a sample of 100 households in Palu City from February to April 2021. This study conducted using the convenience sampling. The independent variable in this study was drug disposal and the dependent variable was drugs that were not used. The data obtained from the questionnaire then analyzed descriptively. The result obtained that many of people bought drugs at pharmacies (78%) with reasons of wanting to buy of their own volition (38%), storing drugs in medicine boxes (56%), throwing drugs in public trash (78%) and respondents think that the improper disposal of unused and expired drugs can have an impact on the environment (70%) because many respondents have never received education related to drug disposal (65%). The majority of people throw away unused or expired drugs that they get from pharmacies in public trash and because of the lack of information regarding the disposal of drugs they get which can have a bad impact on the surrounding environment.   Keywords         : expired drug, drug disposal, unused drug
EDUKASI PENGELOLAAN OBAT RUSAK DAN KEDALUWARSA MENGGUNAKAN MEDIA LEAFLET DI DESA UENUNI, KECAMATAN PALOLO, KABUPATEN SIGI: Education on Management of Damaged and Expired Medicines Using Leaflet Media Khusnul Diana; Nurul Ambianti; Muhamad Rinaldhi Tandah; Setiawati Fadhilah Zainal
JURNAL PENGABDIAN FARMASI DAN SAINS Vol. 2 No. 1 (2023): Oktober 2023
Publisher : Jurusan Farmasi FMIPA Universitas Tadulako

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.22487/jpsf.2023.v2.i1.16660

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Masyarakat memperoleh obat dari apotek atau fasilitas kesehatan akan menyimpan obat-obatannya di rumah untuk berbagai keperluan termasuk penggunaan darurat dan penyakit akut atau kronis. Kebanyakan obat-obatan yang di simpan di rumah akhirnya tidak digunakan dan menjadi kedaluwarsa. Kurangnya pengetahuan dan informasi terkait cara mengelola obat rusak dan obat kedaluwarsa mengakibatkan masyarakat melakukan praktik pembuangan obat yang tidak digunakan langsung ke tempat sampah umum. Hal ini akan menyebabkan permasalahan yang cukup besar dilingkungan masyarakat. Kegiatan pengabdian kepada masyarakat dilakukan di Desa Unenui Kecamatan Palolo Kabupaten Sigi. Secara tipologi dan geologi desa ini terletak di pegunungan, sehingga akses sarana fasilitas kesehatan dan tenaga kesehatan masih terbatas. Pengabdian ini bertujuan untuk membantu masyarakat dalam memahami dan meningkatkan pengetahuan terkait pengelolaan obat rusak dan kedaluwarsa. Kegiatan ini dilakukan dengan metode edukasi melalui upaya pemberian informasi dan pembagian leaflet tentang definisi obat rusak dan kedaluwarsa, penyebab dan ciri-ciri obat rusak, cara pengecekkan obat kedaluwarsa, serta cara memusnahkan obat rusak dan kedaluwarsa. Evaluasi kegiatan dengan memberikan pertanyaan singkat kepada peserta tentang isi materi pada leaflet. Kegiatan ini selesai dilaksanakan sesuai dengan target jumlah peserta dan waktu yang diberikan oleh Kepala Desa Uenuni.