Expiry of veterinary medicines in supply outlets in Central Uganda: prevalence, management and associated factors

Table 4 Characteristics of expiry for the veterinary drugs in the 168 outlets in central Uganda

Characteristic	Category	Frequency	Percent
Experience expiries	No	20	11.9
	Yes	148	88.1
	Total	168	100
Type of drugs that expire	Injectable	17	11.5
	Powders	106	71.6
	Vaccines	10	6.8
	Combination of above	15	10.1
	Total	148	100
Specify injectable that expire	Antibiotics	24	82.8
	Vitamins	3	10.3
	Others	2	6.9
	Total	29	100
Frequency of expiry	Very common	46	30.9
	Common	73	49.0
	Rare	30	20.1
	Total	149	100

This table shows the characteristics of expiry for the veterinary drugs in the 168 outlets that were included in the study. Powders expired in the majority of outlets (106/148, 71.6%) followed by injectables (17/148, 11.5%) while the least mentioned were vaccines (10/148, 6.8%)

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