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Quality of cold storage drugs transportation and delivery to Thai hospitals
Cha-Oncin Sooksriwong1, Woranut Bussaparoek
1Social and Administrative Pharmacy Excellence Unit, Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Mahidol University, 447 Sri Ayudhya Rd, Rajathewee, Bangkok 10400, Thailand. pycss@mahidol.ac.th
Background:
In Thailand there is no regulation and standard guideline to control the quality of drug transportation, including cold storage drugs.
Objective:
To explore the condition of cold storage drugs transportation and delivery to general public hospitals, community hospitals and private hospitals.
Material And Method:
This is a cross-sectional survey research. There were 301 questionnaires returned from 720 questionnaires sent (41.8% response rate)
Results:
The serious problems of cold storage drugs on delivery were (1) Cold storage drugs (2 degrees C - 8 degrees C) were delivered to the hospitals without controlled temperature boxes, was found in private, public and community hospitals at the rate of 46.7%, 48.3% and 72.9% respectively. (2) Cold storage drugs (-20 "C), i.e., polio vaccine came to the hospitals with a temperature higher than 8C or ice melting in the box, was found in private, public and community hospitals at the rate of 22.9%, 12.7% and 35.0% respectively.
Conclusion:
There are differences in quality of cold storage drug transportation and delivery among types of hospitals. It is highly recommended that Thai FDA should develop a standard and implement the control system for logistics management of cold storage drugs.
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