Visual assessment of antimicrobial medicine packaging and labeling quality in pharmacies of Ho Municipality, Ghana
This study identified packaging quality issues among the antimicrobials investigated which may suggest potential risk to falsification. Routine antimicrobials packages assessment with developed tools like the packaging quality index could help pick up early signals of substandard and falsified antimicrobials for further regulatory investigations and action.
Authors
- Emmanuel Orman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0053-5377)
- Hayford Odoi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3109-9229)
- Jonathan Jato (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5508-602X)
- Samuel Owusu Somuah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9764-5056)
- David Oteng
- Yogini H Jani
- Araba Ata Hutton-Nyameaye
- David Mccarthur
- Thelma Alalbila Aku
- Bridget Dzidzinu Ankah
- Cornelius Dodoo
- Issaka Nii Amu Collison-Cofie
Institutions
- University of London (GB)
- University of Health and Allied Sciences (GH)
- East London NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- Ho Technical University (GH)
- Food and Drug Administration (TH)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS ONE
- Published
- 2026-02-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0342484
- Primary Topic
- Pharmaceutical Quality and Counterfeiting
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00