Environmental Protection: Pharmacies Can Help

by Eliott Norman

Active pharmaceutical ingredients can now be detected across the board in running water, and soil, but also in groundwater and occasionally even in drinking water. According to the Federal Environment Agency, pharmacies can help to counteract the problem. Among other things, the office has developed a concept for a multimedia learning platform and for customer information in pharmacies.

Pharmaceutical staff can provide environmentally relevant advice

The pharmaceutical staff is in direct contact with the customers. Therefore, they have the opportunity to include environmentally relevant aspects of pharmaceuticals in the advice. For example, it is possible to recommend smaller packs in individual cases, to offer herbal alternatives, or to provide information on the correct disposal of unused growth hormone (https://hghlager.com) products.

It is important to provide factual information about drug-related environmental problems in advance so that pharmaceutical staff can integrate environmental aspects into their day-to-day advice. On the one hand, this means that the scientific background and the key facts about the environmental relevance of active pharmaceutical ingredients in water are known. On the other hand, they should be trained in what counseling content is suitable for them and how the counseling of customers on the topic can be integrated into everyday work.

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Pharmacy: a central place for environmentally conscious handling of medicines

In the project “The pharmacy as a central place for the (environmentally) conscious handling of medicines”, concepts for teaching and information offered for the university teaching of prospective pharmacists as well as for further training measures for practicing pharmacists were developed.

A multimedia teaching concept was created as a supporting element, which is to be implemented shortly. The contents of the platform should serve to impart knowledge within further training measures, lecture series, or teaching.

In addition, a concept for the creation of information material was developed to promote the prudent handling of medicines. These can be handed out in the pharmacy to inform and sensitize customers. The main focus was on the proper disposal of medicines that are no longer required. This aspect is considered to be a measure to protect the environment that is easy to communicate and implement.