Caregivers’ understanding of drug labels in lagos university teaching hospital, nigeria

• At: Glasgow (Scotland) (2018)
• Type: Poster
• Poster code: POS-SAP-047
• By: OLUGBAKE, Olubusola (University of Lagos, Clinical Pharmacy)
• Co-author(s): Olubusola Olugbemisola Agbeke Olugbake
  Oluwafunmilayo Popoola: Clinical Pharmacy, University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria
  Ireti Fajolu: Paediatrics, College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria
  
• Abstract:

  Background

  Caregivers are primarily responsible for the dosing of children’s medication thus it becomes imperative that these caregivers, especially in a country like Nigeria with a literacy rate of 59.6%,¹ should have a good understanding of the drug label instructions on the medications being handed over to them in the hospital. This will help in ..

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