NATIONAL SURVEY OF PHARMACY PRCATICE AT MOH HOSPITALS IN SAUDI ARABIA 2016: PREPRATION OF MEDIATIONS AND DISPENSING

• Published in: Value in health 2017-05, Vol.20 (5), p.A40
• Main Authors: Alomi, YA, Alghamdi, SJ, Alattyh, RA, Alshahrani, AM, Shorog, EM, Alasmary, SA, Alanazi, SA, Almutairi, AS, Almutairi, MM, Alanazi, HH
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Centralization; Decentralization; Discharge; Drugs; Emergency medical care; Health education; High risk; Hospitals; Intravenous administration; Patient education; Patients; Pharmacies; Pharmacists; Pharmacy; Pharmacy services; Polls & surveys; Prescribing; Prescription drugs; Quality of care; Questionnaires; Technology
• ISSN: 1098-3015; 1524-4733
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jval.2017.05.005

OBJECTIVES: To explore the preparation of medications and dispensing at Ministry of Health (MOH) hospitals in Saudi Arabia. METHODS: It is a 4-months cross-sectional national survey of preparation of drugs and dispensing at MOH hospitals in Saudi Arabia. The study consisted of two-part a demographic information, and the second part contained eighty-five questions divided into six domains drove from American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) survey. The parts were pharmacy management and resources, prescribing and medication management, preparation of drugs and dispensing, technology and clinical pharmacy services, drug monitoring and patient education, and pharmacy education and training. The 5-points Likert response scale system closed and ended questions used. An electronic questionnaire distributed to the one hundred eighty-five directors of pharmacies at MOH hospitals, and it analyzed the preparation of medications and dispensing section through survey monkey system. RESULTS: The total responders were seventy hospital pharmacies; the repose rate was (37.73%). The pharmacy services were the drug distribution unit dose 26 (37.1%), an extemporaneous preparation 14 (20 %), repacking medication 14 (20 %), and Intravenous admixture 6 (8.6%) only. The hospital home infusion therapy provided from 4 (5.7%) hospital pharmacies only. The most outpatient prescriptions dispensed to hospital employees 48 (68.8%), general public 42 (60%), hospital clinic or patients discharged or emergency room 40 (57.1%), and home healthcare services 22 (31.4%). The most pharmaceutical services were decentralized with distributive function 41 (61.4%) and centralized with pharmacist visiting patient care areas 17 (24.3 %). The most system founded to assure the accuracy of preparations and dispensing was one pharmacist checks drug order before dispensing 33 (47.1 %), and two pharmacists review high-risk drugs 17 (24.3%). CONCLUSIONS: The essential elements of pharmacy practice were weak at MOH hospitals. Annual survey of pharmacy services with improving drug distribution system prevent drug-related problem and improve patient care at Hospitals in Saudi Arabia.