Assessment On The Storage Condition Of Medical Laboratory Commodities In Medical Stores And Knowledge Attitude And Practice Of The Store Managers On The Appropriate Storage Of Medical Laboratory Commodities In Government Hosp

Background: Medical laboratory commodity management system especially storage system ofrnlaboratory supplies is a challenge for health professionals. Since absence of proper storagerncondition for laboratory supplies is leading to damaging and out of stock for essential supplies,rnthe need of proper store management have gained a great attention.rnMethods: A Cross sectional study was conducted in eleven government hospitals’ medical storesrnin Addis Ababa from January, 1, 2014 -February, 1, 2014. Data was collected using structuredrnquestionnaires. Data was entered by EPI INFO version 3.1statistical software and analyzed withrnSPSS version 20 statistical analysis software. Frequencies were used to express the assessmentrnon the storage condition of medical laboratory commodities and Knowledge, Attitude andrnPractice (KAP) of store managers on the appropriate storage of medical laboratory commodities.rnResults: Data was collected from eleven governmental hospitals found in Addis Ababa. Tenrnstorage. Lack of adequate space and infrastructures to store medical laboratory commoditiesrnwere challenges in half of the facilities. Adequate and regular training should be given to thernresponsiblernpersonnelrnforrnbetterrnstoragernofrnmedicalrnlaboratoryrncommoditiesrnrn(91%) hospitals’ medical stores didn’t have frozen storage of either -200C or -700C but all of thernmedical stores had cold storage of 2-80C. All hospital medical stores, except one, had guidelinesrnfor storing cold chain items. Only 4 (36.4%) of the hospitals were separate flammable chemicalsrnwhereas 6(54.5%) of them did separate hazardous chemicals and majority 10 (91%) did separaterndamaged and expired supplies from the non-expired and non-damaged commodities. All of thernsore managers were responded that, they knew the appropriate storage of cold chain items whilern2(18.2%) of them did not know how to properly store cold items. Seven (63.6%) of the storernmanagers thought that monitoring store temperature is necessary and 6(54.5%) them thought thatrnthe quality of their store was in compliance with the standard storage guideline.rnConclusion: The storage condition of majority of the facilities was in compliance with thernstandard storage guideline. Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of majority of the store managersrnon the appropriate storage of medical laboratory commodities, were adequate on all laboratory

Get Full Work

Report copyright infringement or plagiarism