Evaluation of the Performance of Inventory Management Practice of Antiretroviral Drugs in Armed Forces Referral and Comprehensive Hospital, Addis Abeba, Ethiopia
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2022-01
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Addis Ababa University
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The aim of this study was to evaluate the performance of inventory management practices of ARV medicines in Armed Forces Comprehensive and referral Hospital, in Addis Ababa Ethiopia. This study helps to optimize a best practice for inventory management of ARV drugs in AFCRH by examining current inventory management techniques in AFCRH, this study aids in the optimization of a best practice for ARV drug inventory management.. The mixed research method was employed in conjunction with a descriptive cross-sectional design. The census method was used to sample pharmacy personals involved. in inventory management of ARV medicines in Armed Forces referral and Comprehensive Hospital. The researcher used inventory management assessment tool and storage condition observation checklist to collect data for the research. The survey discovered that in AFRCH, the most common inventory management strategies were adopting a planned inventory control model, anticipating demand using prior consumption data, and keeping stock records for each product. Include critical logistical information in reports, such as safety stock and the storage of ARV medications in dedicated locations. The findings from the study also revealed that the visited hospital ARV products had stock out of in the past 100 days. In the last 100 days, they've run out of stock. The study discovered that the percentage of products available on the day of assessment in the surveyed hospital was 100%, that the percentage of stock keeping records that were accurate was 50%, that health facilities had on average 40% more records than physical counts, that health facilities had on average 20% less records than physical counts, and that the ratio of inventory variation to total stock was 17.2 percent. The examination also discovered that the health center used unacceptably poor storage practices (58.8 %). This analysis revealed poor inventory management in terms of the ARV store room's overall quality of record keeping, space allocation, and overall organization.. To maintain inventory records and management information systems up to date, the study suggested that health facilities establish a process for making timely entries and noting issues on logistical tools. To eliminate discrepancies and maintain proper supply levels, it is recommended that stock status be monitored on a regular basis. This will need to be monitored on a regular basis by the district pharmacist. The government should work to make computer inventory control a reality.
Keywords: Inventory Management Practice, stock availability, stock record