Indonesian Pharmacists' Application of Beyond-Use Date Interventions to Patients and Its Contributing Factors: A Cross-Sectional Study.

ABSTRACT: Background: Extemporaneous preparations are commonly used in Indonesia, hence, Beyond-Use Date (BUD) information needs to be delivered by pharmacists to patients to maximize drug stability and enhance safety. Objective: This study aims to evaluate BUD interventions carried out by Indonesian pharmacists. Methods: A cross-sectional design was used, while a validated and reliable questionnaire was given to the samples using the snowballing and purposive sampling methods. The sample criteria were Indonesian pharmacists who had experience serving patients' extemporaneous prescriptions and those that completed the questionnaire. The significance of the relationship between BUD interventions and samples' characteristics was evaluated using the Mann-Whitney U test. R

SUBMITTER: Cokro F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10977058 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature