@conference{
author = "Jorgovanović, Sonja and Božić, Dragica and Jorgovanović, Slaviša and Ćurčić, Marijana and Buha-Đorđević, Aleksandra and Antonijević-Miljaković, Evica and Đukić-Ćosić, Danijela and Javorac, Dragana and Baralić, Katarina and Bulat, Zorica and Antonijević, Biljana",
year = "2022",
abstract = "The rapid global growth of drugs production and consumption undoubtedly leads to
contamination of the environment with pharmaceutical substances, as well as the products
of their decomposition and metabolism. Therefore, the ecosystem is exposed to
pharmaceutical waste, what may result in various unwanted effects, such as the
development of microorganism’s resistance to antibiotics. A brief review of the European
Union regulations, as well as the United States of America and Australia amadments,
revealed the diversity of approaches and regulatory measures adopted with the purpose of
proper hazardous waste handling. However, none of proposed systems show enviable
results. We conducted the research in the period of March-May 2020, to find out how citizens
of Bor municipality handle the pharmaceutical waste. A total of 226 responses were collected
by surveying patients, in person and in electronic form. The obtained results were analyzed
using the statistical software SPSS 21.0. The presented results show that the awareness of
the potential toxicity of pharmaceutical waste is developed in more than a third of
respondents (37.5%), but also low level of knowleadge about the proper way of disposing
generated waste. Over 36% of men and 42% of women throw away their medicines together
with other household waste, while 9% of men and 11% of women take them to pharmacies.
The legal regulations and accompanying guidelines, together with appropriate media
campaign, would contribute to a better understanding of the given problem and the adoption
of new citizens habits when it comes to hazardous waste handling., Brz rast proizvodnje i potrošnje lekova na globalnom nivou, nesumnjivo dovodi do
kontaminacije životne sredine farmaceutskim supstancama, njihovim metabolitima, kao i
proizvodima njihove dodatne razgradnje u životnoj sredini. Posledično, živi svet biva izložen
uticaju farmaceutskog otpada usled čega dolazi do ispoljavanja različitih neželjenih efekata,
kao, na primer, razvoja rezistencije mikroorganizama na antibiotike. Kratkim pregledom
regulative zemalja članica Evropske unije, Sjedinjenih Američkih Država i Australije, uočena
je različitost pristupa i regulatornih mera donetih u cilju pravilnog rukovanja otpadom,
između ostalih i farmaceutskim otpadom, pri čemu ni jedan sistem ne pokazuje zavidne
rezultate. Istraživanjem rađenim u periodu mart-maj 2020. godine pokušali smo da dođemo
do saznanja koliko je razvijena svest građana opštine Bor, o postojanju farmaceutskog
otpada kao posebne kategorije koja može da ugrozi zdravlje ljudi ali i životnu sredinu.
Anketiranjem pacijenata, kako ličnim kontaktom, tako i u elektronskoj formi prikupljeno je
ukupno 226 odgovora, a dobijeni rezultati analizirani su pomoću statističkog softvera SPSS
21.0. Dobijeni rezultati pokazuju da je svest o štetnosti farmaceutskog otpada razvijena kod
više od trećine ispitanika (37,5%), ali i postojanje niskog stepena informisanosti o pravilnom
načinu zbrinjavanja generisanog otpada. Zbog toga, preko 36% muškaraca i 42% žena lekove
baca u komunalni otpad., dok ih 9% muškaraca i 11% žena odnosi u apoteke. Dopuna
zakonske regulative kao i pratećih pravilnika, propraćena odgovarajućom medijskom
kampanjom doprinela bi boljem razumevanju datog problema i usvajanju novih navika kod
građana u načinu rukovanja neiskorišćenim lekovima iz domaćinstva.",
publisher = "Savez farmaceutskih udruženja Srbije (SFUS)",
journal = "Arhiv za farmaciju",
title = "Awareness of the citizens from the municipality of Bor on the influence of pharmaceutical waste on human health and environment, Svest stanovništva opštine Bor o uticaju farmaceutskog otpada na zdravlje ljudi i životnu sredinu",
volume = "72",
number = "4 suplement",
pages = "S579-S580",
url = "https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_farfar_4628"
}
