PUBLIC DRUGS MANAGEMENT EVALUATION AT MEDICAL AND HEALTH SUPPLIES STORE OF SERANG DISTRICT HEALTH OFFICE

Abstract

Background: Good medicines management will have contribution to appropriate financial expenditures, to avoid the waste of state/regional, to increase access and ensure the medicines are used properly.  Medicines management  as  logistical  management  cycle  that  includes  the  function  of  planning,  procuring, receiving,  storing,  distributing,  and  using,  which  is  those  all  function must  be  interrelated  and reinforced by the appropriate management support system. To achieve the purpose of public medicine management in Medical and Health Supplies Store of Serang District Health Office, it is necessary to conduct an evaluation on public medicine management so that it can provide an assessment of public medicine management that has been implemented, can make improvement and also can be used by policy makers to review more appropriate strategies or targets. Method: The study was conducted using qualitative methods. The research design used was descriptive observative. Data collection is done retrospectively. The data obtained were identified then analyzed descriptively with a comparison of the standard values of indicators that had been set for medicine management in accordance with the guidelines of the Ministry of Health for evaluation of public medicine management in District pharmaceutical installations. Results: The Medical and Health Supplies Store (MHSS) of Serang which has the main tasks and functions of medicine/drugs management including the receipt, storage, distribution and reporting of medicines. The basic health facilities served by MHSS are 16 public health centers located in the entire working area of the Health Department of Serang District. Table 1. Public Drugs   Management Evaluation At Medical And Health Supplies   Store Of Serang District Health Office.