Assessment of Knowledge, Practices, and Challenges of Pharmaceuticals Inventory Control Among Pharmacy Professionals Working in Selected Public Health Facilities of West Arsi Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia

Background: Good pharmaceutical inventory control enables health facilities (HFs) to provide complete health care by ensuring the availability of safe, effective, and affordable pharmaceuticals and related supplies of the required quality, inadequate quantity, at the required place and at all times. It boosts patients’ trust in the HFs and motivates working staff. However, it needs well-trained and skilled professionals. The aim of the current study was, therefore, assessing knowledge, practice, and challenges of pharmacy professionals conducting inventory control in selected public health facilities of West Arsi Zone, Oromia regional state for the year 2016 to 2018. Method: A mixed-methods study design was used to assess pharmacy professionals’ knowledge, skills, and challenges in applying inventory management methods. A semi-structured questionnaire was implemented for quantitative, whereas an open-ended question was employed for key informants (KIs) to explore qualitative data. Result: Ninety percent of pharmacy professionals knew about VEN analysis concepts and 70% about ABC analysis. However, none of them had a concept of FSN and XYZ analysis. Among the respondents who knew the concept, 75% had gained knowledge through formal training and 10% of them learned from on-job training. When they asked about the methods of inventory control, 60% responded as they did not hear about it. Of those who said “Yes” on being asked to mention at least 1 method of it, 80% could not able to correctly mention the methods used in inventory control. However, 44%, 62.5%, and 75% of respondents had practiced ABC, VED, and ABC-VED matrix analysis respectively. The challenges that prevented these professionals from practicing pharmaceutical inventory control in their HFs were grouped into price-related, training-related, human resource-related, and managerial-related factors. Conclusion: Inventory control is the heart of the pharmaceutical supply system. Without its healthy action, HFs’ goal attainment will not be viable. Problems of sick pharmaceutical inventory control are directly related to a lack of knowledge and appreciation of it by the concerned bodies. The current finding revealed almost all pharmacy professionals included in the study had little knowledge about how to manage their inventories. Managers’ unwillingness to cooperate and facilitate necessary resources prevented the professionals from doing inventory control.

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Always, better control-vital, essential and non-essential matrix analysis of pharmaceuticals inventory management at selected public health facilities of Jimma zone southwest Ethiopia: facility based cross sectional study design

International Journal of Scientific Reports ◽

10.18203/issn.2454-2156.intjscirep20200646 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 6 (3) ◽

pp. 95

Author(s):

Alem Endeshaw Woldeyohanins ◽

Awol Jemal

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Inventory Management ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Health Facilities ◽

Matrix Analysis ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Southwest Ethiopia ◽

Public Health Facilities ◽

Class A ◽

Jimma Zone

Background: Always, better control (ABC)-vital, essential and non-essential (VEN) matrix analysis has a key role in assisting decisions making in medicine selection, purchasing and inventory management and hence help in reducing cost, identifying medicine use problems and improve efficiency in the pharmaceutical supply system. Studies on analysis of pharmaceuticals expenditures throughout the country were very limited, in Jimma zone no studies found yet. The objective of the study was, therefore, to analyze pharmaceuticals based on cost and criticality aspects and identify those which require stringent managerial control at selected public health facilities of Jimma zone Southwest Ethiopia. Methods: Health facility-based, cross-sectional, study design using a quantitative method in which ABC, VEN and ABC-VEN matrix analysis techniques were utilized to analyse pharmaceutical inventory management system at selected public health facilities of Jimma zone. Results: The ABC analysis shows that class A items accounted for 53 (15.3%), whereas class B and C items accounted for 72 (20.8%) and 221 (63.8%) number of items at selected public health facilities of Jimma zone. VEN analysis showed that 132 items (59.7%) were categorized as vital and consumes 61.4% ($248,372) of the annual pharmaceuticals expenditures (APE). Whereas, 55 items (24.8%) and 34 items (15.3%) were categorized under essential and less/non-essential with a total APE of 31.1% ($126,020) and 7.4% ($30,008) respectively. From ABC-VEN matrix analysis, the majority of items were category I pharmaceuticals.Conclusions: Majority of items at a selected public health facility were category I and most of the category I pharmaceuticals, in turn, were Class A and V items which require great attention for their control and availability.

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Prevalence of intestinal parasitic infection and associated factors among pregnant women attending antenatal care at public health facilities in Lalo Kile district, Oromia, Western Ethiopia

BMC Research Notes ◽

10.1186/s13104-019-4781-3 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 12 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Dejene Abraham Yesuf ◽

Lensa Tesfaye Abdissa ◽

Emiru Adeba Gerbi ◽

Edosa Kifle Tola

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Antenatal Care ◽

Pregnant Women ◽

Associated Factors ◽

Parasitic Infection ◽

Health Facilities ◽

Intestinal Parasitic Infection ◽

Public Health Facilities ◽

Almost All ◽

Western Ethiopia

Abstract Objective This study aimed to assess the prevalence of intestinal parasitic infection and associated factors among pregnant women attending antenatal care at public health facilities in Lalo Kile district, Oromia, Western Ethiopia. Results Out of the 315 respondents, the mean age was 24.7 ± 2.54 years ranging between 15 and 44 years. The majority of the respondents were Oromo in ethnicity (90.2%) and protestant in religion (83.2%) and almost all (99%) of the study participants were married. Two hundred twenty-six (72%) of pregnant women were attended at least primary school and two hundred forty-six (78.1%) of the respondents were from farmer households. About half of the households (51.7%) had a monthly income of greater than 35 USD. The overall prevalence of intestinal parasitic infection was 138 (43.8%) with the predominance of hookworm (33.7%) followed by Ascaris lumbricoides (7.3%). Being a farmer [AOR, 95% CI 7.3 (1.46, 37.00), P = 0.03], walking barefooted [AOR, 95% CI 6.13 (1.98, 19.00), P = 0.002] and absence of proper handwashing after latrine [AOR, 95% CI 5.36 (1.78, 16.00), P = 0.003] were significantly associated with occurrence of the intestinal parasitic infection.

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Dietary diversity and related factors among lactating women visiting public health facilities in Aksum town, Tigray, Northern Ethiopia

BMC Nutrition ◽

10.1186/s40795-016-0077-3 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 2 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

Negassie Berhe Weldehaweria ◽

Kebede Haile Misgina ◽

Meresa Gebremedhin Weldu ◽

Yosef Sibhatu Gebregiorgis ◽

Berhane Hailu Gebrezgi ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Dietary Diversity ◽

Health Facilities ◽

Northern Ethiopia ◽

Related Factors ◽

Lactating Women ◽

Public Health Facilities

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Prevalence of intestinal parasitic infection and associated factors among pregnant women attending antenatal care at public health facilities in Lalo Kile district, Oromia, Western Ethiopia

10.21203/rs.2.15360/v3 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Dejene Abraham Yesuf ◽

Lensa Tesfaye Abdissa ◽

Emiru Adeba Gerbi ◽

Edosa Kifle Tola

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Antenatal Care ◽

Pregnant Women ◽

Associated Factors ◽

Parasitic Infection ◽

Health Facilities ◽

Intestinal Parasitic Infection ◽

Public Health Facilities ◽

Almost All ◽

Western Ethiopia

Abstract Objective: This study aimed to assess the prevalence of intestinal parasitic infection and associated factors among pregnant women attending antenatal care at public health facilities in Lalo Kile district, Oromia, Western Ethiopia. Results: Out of the 315 respondents, the mean age was 24.7 ± 2.54 years ranging between 15-44 years. The majority of the respondents were Oromo in ethnicity (90.2%) and protestant in religion (83.2%) and almost all (99%) of the study participants were married. Two hundred twenty-six (72%) of pregnant women were attended at least primary school and two hundred forty-six (78.1%) of the respondents were from farmer households. About half of the households (51.7%) had a monthly income of greater than 35 USD. The overall prevalence of intestinal parasitic infection was 138(43.8%) with the predominance of hookworm (33.7%) followed by Ascaris lumbricoides (7.3%). Being a farmer [AOR, 95% CI 7.3 (1.46, 37.00), P = 0.03], walking barefooted [AOR, 95% CI 6.13 (1.98, 19.00), P = 0.002] and absence of proper handwashing after latrine [AOR, 95% CI 5.36 (1.78, 16.00), P = 0.003] were significantly associated with occurrence of the intestinal parasitic infection. Keywords: Prevalence, Intestinal parasitic infection, pregnant women, Lalo Kile district

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Inventory management performance for family planning, maternal and child health medicines in public health facilities of West Wollega zone, Ethiopia

Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice ◽

10.1186/s40545-021-00304-z ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 14 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Oliyad Kebede ◽

Gizachew Tilahun

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Family Planning ◽

Child Health ◽

Inventory Management ◽

Maternal And Child Health ◽

Supply System ◽

Health Facilities ◽

Management Performance ◽

Public Health Facilities ◽

And Child Health

Abstract Background Inventory management is the heart of the supply system in improving availability of medicines, reducing the cost, and improving patient care quality. However, in the government facilities’ supply system, inventory management is poor. So, the purpose of this research is to assess inventory management performance for family planning, maternal and child health medicines in public health facilities of West Wollega zone, Oromia region, Ethiopia. Method Facility-based descriptive cross-sectional quantitative study was conducted using checklist, structured and semi-structured questionnaire, and triangulated with qualitative method. Quantitative data were coded and analyzed using SPSS Version 20 and Microsoft excel spreadsheet. Qualitative data were analyzed manually, using thematic analysis technique. Different indicators were used to measure variables. Results Among 23 health facilities assessed, availability of family planning/maternal and child health medicines ranged from 0 to 100%. Average availability of medicines was 14 (61.30%) with mean stock-out duration of 70.71 days. Bin cards were available for 559 (78.40%) of medicines, and 374 (52.45%) bin cards were accurate. Report submission rate was 116 (84.06%), with 47 (40.52%) report and resupply forms reported on time, 73 (62.93%) of them were complete and 69 (59.48%) were accurate. Supplier-related problem, lack of human resource, administrative problem, and lack of computer infrastructure were inventory management challenges identified. Conclusion Inventory management performance for Family planning/maternal and child health medicines was poor as indicated by low availability, high stock-out duration, and poor LMIS performance. Efforts should be undertaken by concerned bodies to improve it.

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Evaluating Inventory Management Practice of Antiretroviral Drugs in Public Health Facilities of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

HIV/AIDS - Research and Palliative Care ◽

10.2147/hiv.s337479 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol Volume 13 ◽

pp. 1091-1099

Author(s):

Fenet Gemechu ◽

Mihret Ayalew ◽

Bereket Bahiru Tefera ◽

Temesgen Mulugeta ◽

Azmeraw Bekele

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Inventory Management ◽

Management Practice ◽

Addis Ababa ◽

Antiretroviral Drugs ◽

Health Facilities ◽

Public Health Facilities

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Management and Implementation of Mukhyamantri Nishulk Dava Yojna in a District Hospital, Rajasthan

Journal of Health Management ◽

10.1177/0972063418779905 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 20 (3) ◽

pp. 309-324

Author(s):

Mukesh Kumar Vashistha ◽

V.K. Tiwari ◽

Sherin Raj T.P. ◽

Ramesh Gandotra

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Human Resources ◽

Inventory Management ◽

District Hospital ◽

The State ◽

Health Facilities ◽

Government Hospital ◽

Internet Connectivity ◽

Public Health Facilities ◽

The Government

The Mukhyamantri Nishulk Dava Yojna (MNDY) was started across the state since 02 October 2011 in order to distribute most commonly used drugs free of cost to all patients visiting the government hospital. To run the scheme, an advanced inventory management by the name of e-Aushadhi has been developed and implemented across all public health facilities (PHFs). Trained human resources and computers with printers and internet connectivity are provided. In this study, 183 patients and staff responsible for the implementation of the scheme and specialists were interviewed. The study revealed that patients and doctors were highly satisfied with the functioning of the scheme and they are getting the majority of the medicines prescribed by the doctor. The scheme has been able to reduce out-of-pocket (OOP) expenditure on medicines and increased hospital attendance manifold.

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