logística reversa

Descarte de medicamentos: logística reversa

  • Autores:
  • Dárcio Henrique Alves Guimarães
  • Gabriel Aparecido de Carvalho
  • Danyelle Marini
  • Ronaldo Campanher
  • Palavras-chave:
  • decreto federal
  • descarte de medicamentos
  • logística reversa
  • postos de coleta
Resumo: Introduction: According to Anvisa, every year about 30 thousand tons of medicines are discarded by consumers in Brazil, unfortunately 81% of them are distributed between garbage and water. Given this concern, in 2020 Decree 10,388 of 2020 was published, which regulates the reverse logistics of medicines, involving the entire process of disposing of domestic, industrialized and/or manipulated medicines, expired or in disuse. The objective was to carry out educational measures that assist in the implementation of the Federal Decree that stipulated the reverse logistics program, as well as analyze the impact of the measures. Material and methods: The present study was carried out with 300 adult individuals aged 18 years or over, residents of the municipality of São João da Boa Vista, who were submitted to a questionnaire to assess their knowledge about discarding medications and were subsequently oriented about correct form and location for disposal. For this, a partnership was formed with three local drugstores and monthly the medicines discarded in these drugstores were weighed and classified as solid, liquid and semi-solid (ointment, cream, gel. Results and discussion: It could be noted that most respondents discard medications in the common garbage. It was also observed that the “homemade drugstore” is present in more than 90% of the homes of the survey participants. After conducting the research and providing adequate guidance on the correct disposal of medications, it was possible to observe an increase of approximately 75% in disposal at the partner collection points. Final considerations: The present study showed that expanding the number of collection points and adopting educational measures are essential for the implementation of Decree 10,388/20, which regulates the reverse logistics of medicines. Keywords: reverse logistics, drug disposal, collection points, federal decree. Expandir Resumo Acessar Texto Completo