scholarly journals Assessment of handwritten prescriptions from Saudi Arabia according to international guidelines

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. 205031212097715
Author(s):  
Souhib Mohammed Youssef ◽  
Mohamed Saddik Zaghloul ◽  
Mohammed Fayez Ahmed ◽  
Abdul Nasser Ahmed Barmo ◽  
Asghar Mehdi Muhammed Mehdi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Health Care Facilities ◽  
World Health ◽  
Private Health Care ◽  
Missing Information ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
International Guidelines ◽  
Contact Information ◽  
Care Facilities ◽  
Health Organization

Objective: Prescription dispensing services are not digitalized in the majority of governmental hospitals and private clinics in Saudi Arabia, which makes them prone to error. We aimed to evaluate handwritten prescriptions in a region in Saudi Arabia for consistency and accuracy according to international guidelines. Methods: A sample of handwritten prescriptions (dated 2016 or 2017) from selected pharmacies in the Al-Qassim region (n = 556) were evaluated for missing information on items related to prescriber, patient, and medication according to the World Health Organization and Food and Drug Administration guidelines. Results: We found that the prescriber’s name and contact information were missing in two-thirds of the prescriptions (66%). Patients’ addresses were always missing (100%). No prescription contained medication warnings; a majority lacked information on mode of administration (68%) and methods to avoid refilling (66%). Conclusion: Saudi Arabia should take a multipronged approach, including digitalization of prescription dispensing services, in both public and private health care facilities in order to reduce prescription errors.

scholarly journals High altitude epidemic malaria in Bamian province, central Afghanistan

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 232-239
Author(s):  
M. Abdur Rab ◽  
T. W. Freeman ◽  
S. Rahim ◽  
N. Durrani ◽  
A. Simon Taha ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Plasmodium Falciparum Malaria ◽  
Health Care Facilities ◽  
World Health ◽  
Severe Morbidity ◽  
Protracted Conflict ◽  
Blood Smears ◽  
Care Facilities ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
Peripheral Blood Smears

We report an epidemic of Plasmodium falciparum malaria in the remote valley of Bamian [altitude 2250 m-2400 m] in the central highl and s of Afghanistan. A team of malaria experts from the World Health Organization and HealthNet International carried out the investigation. A total of 215 peripheral blood smears were obtained and 63 cases of malaria [90.5% P. falciparum, the remainder P. vivax] were confirmed. The study revealed that areas vulnerable to malaria in Afghanistan are more widespread than previously recognized. The area had been malaria-free until recently, when the disease appears to have been introduced as a consequence of protracted conflict and resultant population movement, and transmitted locally during the short summer months. The outbreak led to severe morbidity and high mortality in a province having only a few poorly-provisioned health care facilities

Medical examination of sexual assault cases and related law

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (01) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lalchand Verma ◽  
Harshvardhan Tiwari ◽  
Pramod Tiwari ◽  
Reicha Joshi
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Assault ◽  
Sexual Violence ◽  
Medical Practitioner ◽  
Health Care Facilities ◽  
Family Welfare ◽  
Private Health Care ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
The Public ◽  
Care Facilities ◽  
Definition Of

The criminal law amendment act 2012 has expanded the definition of sexual assault and recognised right to the treatment for all survivor/victims of sexual assault by the public and private health care facilities. The ministry of health and family welfare released uniform guideline for medico-legal care of victims of sexual violence. This paper highlights some of important provision of law and recent changes in examination of victim of sexual violence, which is applicable to all registered medical practitioner practicing either in public or private sector.

scholarly journals Evaluation of drug use in Jordan using WHO prescribing indicators

2002 ◽  
Vol 8 (4-5) ◽  
pp. 537-543
Author(s):  
S. Otoom ◽  
A. Batieha ◽  
H. Hadidi ◽  
M. Hasan ◽  
K. Al Saudi
Keyword(s):  
Generic Drugs ◽  
Health Care Facilities ◽  
World Health ◽  
Prescribing Practices ◽  
Prescribing Indicators ◽  
Care Facilities ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
Primary Health Care Facilities ◽  
Northern Jordan

Patterns of prescribing and use of pharmaceuticals by physicians and patients in Jordan have not previously been studied. We retrospectively evaluated pharmaceutical drug prescribing practices in 21 primary health care facilities in Irbid governorate, northern Jordan using World Health Organization-recommended core indicators. The mean number of drugs prescribed was 2.3 overall, ranging from 1.9 to 3.0. The percentage of drugs prescribed by generic name was very low, as was the percentage of prescriptions involving injections. The percentages of prescriptions involving antibiotics and drugs from the essential drugs list averaged 60.9% and 93% respectively. We conclude that the prescribing and use of drugs in Jordan requires rationalization, particularly the over-prescribing of antibiotics and the under-prescribing of generic drugs.

scholarly journals Supportive supervision as an effective intervention in improving water, sanitation and hygiene facilities in government health facilities of Tamil Nadu

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 1082 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sudharshini Subramaniam ◽  
T. S. Selvavinayagam
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
Health Care Facilities ◽  
Health Facilities ◽  
Effective Intervention ◽  
World Health ◽  
Supportive Supervision ◽  
Sanitation And Hygiene ◽  
Care Facilities ◽  
Health Organization

Background: Water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) is one of the important components of Sustainable Development Goals which is essential for achieving any global health-related goals. WASH in health care facilities is prioritized as a necessary input to achieve health goals. Supportive Supervision has been established as an effective intervention in improving the performance of health care workers. This paper evaluates the role of supportive supervision in improving WASH facilities in the health care facilities of high priority districts of Tamil Nadu.Methods: The effectiveness of supportive supervision in improving WASH facilities was assessed through a pre-post experimental research design. World Health Organization proposed steps were followed while planning for the supportive supervision. Supervisory visits were made using checklists in all secondary level public health facilities in 7 High Priority Districts which were chosen based on the preliminary WASH survey conducted by UNICEF. The same health facilities were revisited after 3 months and supervised using the same checklist.Results: In the first supervisory visit, 41.6% of the health facilities (57 out of 137 facilities) were non- functional in terms of WASH score, while only 5.8% (8 out of 137 facilities) were fully functional. In the second visit, proportion of non- functional facilities had dropped from 41.6% to 7.3% and there has been an increase in the partially functional (52.6% to 71.5%) and fully functional facilities (5.8% to 21.2%) which was found to be statistically significant.Conclusions: Supportive supervision was able to show a significant improvement in the WASH facilities in all types of facilities. 

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