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    Tracer Drugs Stock Out in Durame Hospital SNNPR Ethiopia
    (Addis Abeba University, 2012-05) Adinew, Eshetu; Kumie, Abera( Dr. ); Mantopoulo, Jeannie
    Introduction: Although availability of tracer drugs was the most important objectives of national drug policy, the unavailability of tracer drugs remains to be a major problem for poor countries. Objective: Toimproved tracer drugs availability in the Durame hospital drug stores Design: Pre–post intervention study during August 2011 to March 2012, using tracer drug stock out registration form and physician inventory. Setting: Durame Primary hospital in Ethiopia. Participants: Pharmacist and pharmacy technicians, hospital administrator (CEO), clinical staff and DTC members. Implementation: The intervention included the following components:(1) Developing tracer drug monitoring form (2) enhanced DTC training on drug management, (3) Improving drug procurement, and (4) Improving communication between Pharmacy staff and Physicians. Communication is the most important to provide quality of health care for the client. The work plan progresses of implementation were monitored by check list. Main Outcome Measure: We measured tracer drugs stock out and availability. The tracer drugs stock out rate reduced significantly from 167 stock out days (34%) to 31 (6%) (P, <0.02) based on pre- and post-intervention comparisons. Lessons Learned: Our findings indicate that a well-organized tracer drugs monitoring management system should be effective in improving patient outcome in hospitals in low-income countries despite the lack of resources.Longer follow-up is required to assess the sustainability of the hospital improvements accomplished.