Assessment of the halal status of respiratory pharmaceutical products in a hospital

Assessment of the halal status of respiratory pharmaceutical products in a hospital

Abd. Aziz, Noorizan
Majdina, Hani
Hassan, Yahaya
Zulkifly, Hanis Hanum
Abd. Wahab, Shahezwan
Abd Aziz, Mohd Sallehhudin
Yahaya, Noorfatimah
AbdulRazzaq, Hadeer Akram

3/19/14

English

20140319

Respiratory pharmaceutical products are among the most commonly used products in the hospital setting. However the halal status of these products is unknown and has never been investigated before. The objective of this study is to assess the status of these products at a hospital. Halal assessment was based on academic and other websites references. From 132 respiratory products that have been investigated, 11.4% are halal followed by 6.1% of them haram, 10.6% mushbooh and 72.0% are not known in terms of their halal status. All the haram medications are related to the presence of ethanol as the inactive ingredient. No information of inactive ingredients in medication leaflets is the most contributive factor leading to unknown halal status of the medications. In conclusion, cooperation between the government, pharmaceutical manufacturers, religious scholars and health care professionals is suggested in order to achieve a goal towards using halal medications.

9.7

9.7;1.2

drug labeling--[pri];halal--[pri];medical devices--[pri]

haram;hospitals;Islamic ethics;quality control;religiously prohibited materials;standards

Malaysia--[pri]

International Halal Conference InHAC; 2012

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences2014 March 19; 121:158-165

Copyright © 2013 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commerical-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported

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