Hospital Pharmacy Technician Workforce over 12 Years (2006-2017) in Saudi Arabia

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dc.contributor.authorAlomi, Yousef Ahmeden_US
dc.contributor.authorAlghamdi, Saeed Jamaanen_US
dc.contributor.authorAlattyh, Radi Abdullahen_US
dc.date.accessioned2020-09-24T07:58:04Z
dc.date.available2020-09-24T07:58:04Z
dc.date.issued2019-09
dc.description.abstractObjective: To explore the workforce of pharmacy technician at Ministry of Health (MOH) hospitals over the past 12 years (2006–2017) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Methods: This is a retrospective analysis of 12 years (2006–2017) of MOH pharmacy technician workforce at hospital practice. All data were derived from MOH’s Statistical Year Books and any missing appropriate information of pharmacy technician workforce was estimated through allied healthcare professional’s data at each region including gender or nationality. It included pharmacy technician and excluded all types of pharmacists or clinical pharmacist’s workforces at MOH hospital setting. All calculations were based on MOH workforce standards of hospitals. All calculations were performed using Microsoft Excel version 10. Results: A total of 8373 pharmacy technicians were employed with 6620 (79.06 %) and 1623 (19.38%) pharmacy technicians employed at various hospitals and primary healthcare centers, respectively; while in the medical administration sectors was 130 (1.55 %). The total number of pharmacy technicians were 4578 (range: 2899–6620). The average number of pharmacy technicians working per bed per region of the hospital was 0.25 (range: 0.08–1.66). The average number of pharmacy technicians per pharmacist per region was 3.04 (range: 2.00–5.57) annually. The average number of male pharmacy technicians was 195 (85.15%) (range: 114–285), whereas the number of female technicians was 34 (14.84%) (range: 21–46). An estimated average number of 211 (92.14%) were Saudi nationals per region (range: 104–319), whereas an average of 18 (7.86%) were non-Saudi individuals (range: 10–41). Conclusion: There are more number of pharmacy technicians working at MOH hospitals. The majority of them were Saudi nationals and there were more males than that of female technicians. The ratio of pharmacist to technician was acceptable. The annual assessment of pharmacy technician workforce in the MOH healthcare institutions is required in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.en_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsThe Former General Manager of General Administration of Pharmaceutical Care, The Former Head, National Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacy Practice, The Former Head, Pharmacy R & D Administration, Ministry of Health, Riyadh, SAUDI ARABIA. General Administration of Pharmaceutical Care, Ministry of Health, Riyadh, SAUDI ARABIA.en_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsGeneral Administration of Pharmaceutical Care, Ministry of Health, Riyadh, SAUDI ARABIA.en_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsGeneral Administration of Pharmaceutical Care, Ministry of Health, Riyadh, SAUDI ARABIA.en_US
dc.identifier.citationAlomi Yousef Ahmed, Alghamdi Saeed Jamaan, Alattyh Radi Abdullah. Hospital Pharmacy Technician Workforce over 12 Years (2006-2017) in Saudi Arabia. International Journal of Pharmacology and Clinical Sciences. 2019 Sep; 8(3): 163-170en_US
dc.identifier.issn2278-0068
dc.identifier.placeIndiaen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/205685
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherIndian Siddha Medical Graduates Associationen_US
dc.relation.issuenumber3en_US
dc.relation.volume8en_US
dc.source.urihttps://dx.doi.org/10.5530/ijpcs.2019.8.27en_US
dc.subjectHospitalen_US
dc.subjectMinistry of Healthen_US
dc.subjectPharmacy technicianen_US
dc.subjectSaudi Arabiaen_US
dc.subjectWorkforceen_US
dc.titleHospital Pharmacy Technician Workforce over 12 Years (2006-2017) in Saudi Arabiaen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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