Nadeshkumar, Abarna http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8009-4737
Sathiadas, Gitanjali
Sri Ranganathan, Shalini
Funding for this research was provided by:
University Grant Commisssion (UGC/DRIC/PG/2015(ii)/SJP/01.)
Article History
Received: 4 May 2019
Accepted: 22 April 2020
First Online: 6 May 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Approval was obtained from ethics review committee, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo,Sri Lanka (EC-15-022). Prior permission was obtained from the hospital authorities to collect the data. Identification details of children,parents and the health care professionals were not obtained. Before data collection, the pharmacists were informed about the purpose of the study and assured that the objective is to understand the current status of rational use of medicine in children and not to find fault or blame anyone. They were informed that the investigator will only observe the dispensing practice of ODFs medicines and the identity of the pharmacist is not required and consent was obtained. Informed written consent was obtained from parents/guardian as well as from the dispensing pharmacists.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.