الملخص
The concept and culture of quality in health care is growing in
ministry of health hospitals and nearly sixteen governmental hospitals
are participating in hospitals accreditation champion supervised by health
care accreditation council( HCAC) the national agency for accreditation of
health care facilities.
Cluster five in the Jordanian national accreditation standards is
concerned with medication use and pharmacy services standards,
This cluster defines standards for medication use processes.
1. Acquisition
2. Storage
3. Prescribing, transcribing, and ordering
4. Dispensing
5. Administration
6. Monitoring for effects (therapeutic and adverse)
7. Medication error identification and reporting
These standards need for their implementation and making them met
a big effort , and facing some challenges. This lecture summarizes the
challenges, and the changes that must be done to make the medication use
and pharmacy services standards met. also focuses on the experience of
some hospital with the application of accreditation standards.