Disposal Practice of Unfit Medicines in Nongovernmental Hospitals and Private Medicine Outlets Located in Mwanza, Tanzania

Table 3

Storage practices of unfit medicines prior to disposal.

Storage practices of unfit medicines	Type of HF
	Nongovernmental hospitals ()		Pharmacy ()		ADDO shops ()		Total ()
	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
Maintained register	3	60	8	14.8	1	1.9	12	10.8	0.001
Segregated from usable medicines	4	80	28	51.9	13	25	45	40.5	0.002
Presence of separate area/box	4	80	14	25.9	4	7.7	22	19.8	<0.0001
Labelled properly	4	80	10	18.5	2	3.8	16	14.4	<0.0001