Table 3.
Summary results of the quality of essential children's medicines investigated based on content of API, pH, and microbial load.
| Type of essential children's medicine | Number of samples analysed | Content of API | pH | Microbial load | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pass | Fail | Pass | Fail | Pass | Fail | ||
| Ciprofloxacin | 2 | 0 (0.0) | 2 (100.0) | 1 (50.0) | 1 (50.0) | 2 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) |
| Cotrimoxazole | 5 | 0 (0.0) | 5 (100.0) | 5 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | 5 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) |
| Metronidazole | 6 | 1 (16.7) | 5 (83.3) | 6 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | 6 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) |
| Amoxicillin | 6 | 6 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | 6 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | 6 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) |
| Flucloxacillin | 4 | 0 (0.0) | 4 (100.0) | 4 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | 4 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) |
| Cefuroxime | 6 | 1 (16.7) | 5 (83.3) | 5 (83.3) | 1 (16.7) | 5 (83.3) | 1 (16.7) |
| Artemether-lumefantrine | 4 | 0 (0.0) | 4 (100.0) | 1 (25.0) | 3 (75.0) | 4 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) |
| Mebendazole | 5 | 1 (20.0) | 4 (80.0) | 4 (80.0) | 1 (20.0) | 4 (80.0) | 1 (20.0) |
| Albendazole | 8 | 6 (75.0) | 2 (25.0) | 4 (50.0) | 4 (50.0) | 8 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) |
| Griseofulvin | 3 | 1 (33.3) | 2 (66.7) | 1 (33.3) | 2 (66.7) | 3 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) |
| Ferrous sulphate | 3 | 3 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (66.7) | 1 (33.3) | 3 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) |
| Multivitamin | 2 | 0 (0.0) | 2 (100.0) | 2 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) |
| Folic acid | 2 | 0 (0.0) | 2 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (100.0) | 2 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) |
| Paracetamol | 7 | 3 (42.9) | 4 (57.1) | 6 (85.7) | 1 (14.3) | 7 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) |
| Ibuprofen | 5 | 4 (80.0) | 1 (20.0) | 2 (40.0) | 3 (60.0) | 5 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) |
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| Total | 68 | 26 (38.2) | 42 (61.8) | 49 (72.1) | 19 (27.9) | 66 (97.1) | 2 (2.9) |
Values for pass and fail provide the number of samples in each category and the number in parenthesis is the percentage of pass or fail.