Pharmaceutical Inventory Management Practices: The Case Of Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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2020-06
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
Availability of pharmaceuticals is vital to the success of any healthcare programme. Ef ective
and ef icient pharmaceuticals inventory management provide accurate consumption data and
enables accurate forecast of the future demands of pharmaceuticals. The objective of the
study was to assess the pharmaceuticals inventory management practices and challenges of
the Tikur Anbesa Specialized Hospital. Both quantitative and qualitative research approach
was employed. This study followed the facility based cross-sectional descriptive study design. The sample size of the study was 138 health professionals of the hospital and proportionate
stratified sampling technique was applied. Primary data was collected through questionnaire, interview and observation. Secondary data were obtained from bin cards, report and
resupply form, model 19 and model 22.Quantitative data were analyzed through statistical
package for the social scienceswhereas qualitative data was discussed in relation with
quantitative analysis.The major findings from the study were that the hospital established
procedures for placing emergency orders, obsolete & expired or damaged inventories are
managed according to the Disposal Guideline and the hospitaluses health commodities
management information system,, periodical replenishment of stocks were practiced.The
study concluded that the main challenges of the hospital in managing pharmaceuticals
inventories are lack of modern technologies, insuf icient budget, long lead time, the length of
bureaucratic systems in the procurement, lack of on job training, automated auditable
pharmaceuticals transactions and services system,and integrated information sharing system. Based on the findings, the study recommends that suf icient budget needs to be allocated, relevant modern technologies needs to be applied, bureaucratic length of procurement system
needs to be improved and on job training needs to be giventorelevant professionals to
increase availability and improve quality of health services.
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Pharmaceutical inventory management, drugs, medical equipment, medical supplies, laboratory reagent