Assessment of the Availability and Accuracy of Dosing Devices Packaged with Oral Liquid Medications in the Ho Municipality of Ghana
Table 1
Categories of oral liquid medicines studied.
Products
Number of products (%)
Total
Country of origin
Dosing device
Local
Foreign
Available
Not available
Analgesic
35 (9.6)
28 (80)
7 (20)
28 (80)
7 (20)
Antacid
24 (6.6)
9 (37.5)
15 (62.5)
15 (62.5)
9 (37.5)
Antihistamine
10 (2.7)
3 (30)
7 (70)
10 (100)
0 (0)
Anti-infective
68 (18.6)
45 (66.2)
23 (33.8)
50 (73.5)
18 (26.5)
Antitussive
78 (21.4)
38 (48.7)
40 (51.3)
69 (88.5)
9 (11.5)
Haematinic
52 (14.2)
23 (44.2)
29 (55.8)
44 (84.6)
8 (15.4)
Vitamins and minerals
56 (15.3)
20 (35.7)
36 (64.3)
49 (87.3)
7 (12.5)
Others
42 (11.5)
17 (40.5)
25 (59.5)
22 (52.4)
20 (47.6)
(%) for “Total” represents a percentage of the total number of products studied. (%) for country of origin and availability of dosing device represent a percentage of the total of each individual product category.