pharma-middle-east-2017-scientifictracks-abstracts

2 / 12

Page 19
Notes:
conferenceseries.com
Volume 4, Issue 4 (Suppl) J Pharma Care Health Sys
ISSN: 2376-0419, JPCHS, an open access journal Pharma Middle East 2017
September 25-26, 2017
September 25-26, 2017 Dubai, UAE
12th Annual Pharma Middle East Congress
The experience of using an automated dispensing systemto improvemedication safety andmanagement
at King Abdulaziz University Hospital
Bayan M Darwesh, Sabo Yusuf Machudo and Shiney John
King Abdulaziz University Hospital, KSA
The use of automated dispensing systems has been lauded for improving patient safety within the processes of healthcare.
Adverse drug events, for example, are a common manifestation of faults in the service delivery of a pharmacy department
that endanger patient safety. Even though automation may reduce the occurrence of such errors, concerns have been raised
about the efficiency and safety of the automated systems since a large number of patients still suffer medication associated
injuries. Though the use of these systems is common in some developed countries, there is paucity of safety and efficacy data
from the Arab nations. We therefore report our experience using automated dispensing systems in all our units at the KAUH
following a successful pilot run of this technology. We installed the automated dispensing system and monitored the number
of controlled and uncontrolled medications used before and after the automation, the incidence of wrong bin opening and
the number of IV medication preparations after the installation of the system. The number of controlled and uncontrolled
medications dispensed in KAUH generally reduced. The decrease in the number of uncontrolled medication was statistically
significant, p value=0.004. We also observed an increase in the number of IV medication preparations consequent to reduced
workload and improvement in staff utilization. After installation of the automated dispensing system there was a high incidence
of wrong bin opening, which reduced gradually after the first two months.
Biography
Bayan M Darwesh has completed her PharmD from King Abdulaziz University in Jeddah. She is the Director of Pharmacy Department at King Abdulaziz University
Hospital in Jeddah, KSA. She is responsible to initiate pharmacy automation projects to streamline and modernize the daily routine workflow in line with international
standards.
Bayan M Darwesh et al., J Pharma Care Health Sys 2017, 4:4 (Suppl)
DOI: 10.4172/2376-0419-C1-023