The implementation of pharmaceutical services standard in 43 hospitals in Indonesia

Abstract

Objective

To evaluate the implementation of the Minister of Health of Indonesia Decree No 72/2016 regarding the standards of pharmaceutical services in the hospital.

Methods

This cross-sectional study is a prospective, quantitative study done in 43 hospitals in 11 provinces in Indonesia in 2017.

Result

The implementation of the standards of pharmaceutical management ranged over 97.0%. Despite the important role of clinical pharmacy service for patient safety, the implementation of the standards of clinical pharmacy ranged only around 53.5% and predominantly worse in terms of monitoring of drug blood level. A high proportion of hospitals still have not met standard ratios of pharmacists to bed to conduct both managerial and clinical activities.

Conclusion

There is a need to increase the number of pharmacists and their knowledge through training by professional organizations and breakthrough efforts to increase the ratio of pharmacists per bed.