The role of the pharmacist in drug reverse logistics in Brazil: an integrative review

• Autor(a) principal: Oliveira, Camila Martins
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Sena, Maria Pantoja Moreira de, Sales, Clarisse Andrade, Souza, Marcos Felipe Rodrigues de, Melo, Renato Bruno Cavalcante de, Freitas, Crystyanne de Sousa, Mello, Amanda Gabryelle Nunes Cardoso, Sena, Luann Wendel Pereira de
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Research, Society and Development
• Texto Completo: https://rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/24854
• topic: Descarte de medicamentos; Farmacêutico; Logística reversa.; Disposición de medicamentos; Farmacéutico; Logística inversa.; Drug disposal; Pharmacist; Reverse logistics.

Objective: to carry out an integrative review on the role of the pharmacist in the reverse logistics of medicines in Brazil. Methods: refers to an integrative literature review on the practice of reverse logistics of unused or expired drugs in the population. Results: it was detected that the country's sanitary experience has problems in relation to the process of collection, treatment, and disposal of biological and chemical waste, causing a huge impact on public health and the environment. The main disposal sites were common garbage and toilets, and a large part of the population does not intend to seek information about the correct disposal of waste and its possible impacts on the environment. Only 2% of pharmacies and/or drugstores established the use of collectors for the disposal of medicines and/or health products that are no longer in use or expired. Pharmaceutical entrepreneurs are likely to introduce reverse logistics in healthcare facilities. Conclusion: performing the reverse logistics and proper disposal of unused or expired drugs from the general population is an immense challenge. There is a need for collector installations in health establishments, especially in pharmacies and/or drugstores, and the pharmacist needs to take ownership of this issue and be an agent of transformation, not only in the attitude of the population, but as a sensitizer for managers public or private companies under the relevance of reverse logistics in Brazil and in the world.