Table 2 Adequacy of packaging and labelling of western medicines issued by public and private facilities and by district
From: Assessing medication packaging and labelling appropriateness in Sri Lanka
Surveyed districts in Sri Lanka (n, %) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ampara | Colombo | Kandy | Monaragala | Polonnaruwa | Rathnapura | Total | |
Medicines obtained from Public facilities | |||||||
Total medicines | 453 | 284 | 336 | 439 | 478 | 425 | 2415 |
Adequate Label | 106 (23.4) | 118 (41.5) | 68 (20.2) | 100 (22.8) | 152 (31.8) | 117 (27.5) | 661 (27.4) |
Adequate Packaging | 320 (70.6) | 213 (75.0) | 234 (69.6) | 322 (73.3) | 359 (75.4) | 325 (76.5) | 1773 (73.5) |
Both Adequate | 106 (23.4) | 109 (38.4) | 64 (19.0) | 97 (22.1) | 134 (28.0) | 115 (27.1) | 625 (25.9) |
Medicines obtained from Private facilities | |||||||
Total medicines | 232 | 687 | 549 | 473 | 287 | 590 | 2818 |
Adequate Label | 128 (55.2) | 440 (64.0) | 288 (52.5) | 229 (48.4) | 138 (41.8) | 247 (41.9) | 1470 (52.5) |
Adequate Packaging | 217 (93.5) | 655 (95.3) | 492 (89.6) | 412 (87.1) | 251 (87.5) | 444 (75.3) | 2471 (87.7) |
Both Adequate | 127 (54.7) | 438 (63.8) | 266 (48.5) | 219 (46.3) | 127 (44.3) | 234 (39.7) | 1411 (50.1) |