Abstract
National Survey of Pharmacy and Therapeutic Committees in Saudi Arabia: Scope, Structure and Responsibilities
Highlights
In every hospital, medications and medical supplies are critical to the delivery of services
This study aims to assess the Therapeutic Committee at Ministry of Health (MOH) hospitals in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: Scope, structure and responsibilities
It is a 4-month cross-sectional survey of National Survey of Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee at MOH hospitals in Saudi Arabia The survey consisted of 93 questions divided in two parts: The first part collects the demographic information, the second part contains questions on 4 domains: (1) scope, structure and responsibilities, that is including questions about the pharmacy and therapeutic committee membership, clear mission, vision and values of the pharmacy and therapeutic committee, the responsibilities of the PTC committee and the Sub-committees of Pharmacy and Therapeutic Committee, (2) formulary management system, (3) evaluation of drug formulary and decision-making, (4) committee meetings organization and management
Summary
Medications and medical supplies are critical to the delivery of services. According to the WHO, the availability of the drugs in the hospital depends on good supplies and on their efficient management of medication. One of the most critical approaches has been to improve medication management and use in various health settings. Formularies have been used by a broad spectrum of organizations in the USA.[3] PTC used to determine the hospital formulary and addition and deletion of new pharmacotherapeutic and diagnostic agents for the hospital. This committee typically consists of a multidisciplinary team of pharmacy, physician, nursing and hospital clinical and administrative leadership.[1,2]
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