Pharmaceutica Analytica Acta

New standards and regulations of pharmacy practice in Saudi Arabia

8^th International Conference and Exhibition on Pharmaceutics & Novel Drug Delivery Systems

March 07-09, 2016 Madrid, Spain

Yousef A Alomi

Ministry of Health, KSA

Scientific Tracks Abstracts: Pharm Anal Acta

Abstract:

General Administration of Pharmaceutical Care of Ministry of Health Saudi Arabia is responsible of implementing pharmaceutical care and related issues to 250 hospitals and more than 2500 primary care centers including clinical pharmacy and pharmacy practice programs. It had established strategic planning for pharmaceutical care and set some standards and new regulation since 2013. Pharmacy human resources of recruitment standard has changed from 0.04 to 0.2 pharmacist per bed, new model of hospital pharmacy design to cover all ASHP standards and regulations, also, clinical pharmacy career pathway specialty starting from general, then specialized and consultant clinical pharmacist and job description for each type and level of pathway had been established. Basic medication safety courses to all medical staff, physicians, pharmacists and nurses should be attended before practicing the job. Applying of national pharmacy practicing system based on international standards with cooperation of Saudi commission of health specialties in Saudi Arabia. In addition to new regulations of pharmacy infection control, mass gathering of pharmaceutical care, and pharmacy R & D in the practice. The pharmaceutical care services is changing tremendously now in quantity and quality to patients car and better diseases management outcome, and avoiding extra and unnecessary cost.

Biography :

Yousef A Alomi is the Head of General Administration of Pharmaceutical Care Administration, and Head of National Drug Information Center, MOH Saudi Arabia. He completed his degree of Bachelor of Pharmaceutical Sciences in 1992 from King Saud University and earned his Master of Clinical Pharmacy from the same university in the 1998. He is an affiliated clinical instructor of Purdue University in the USA. He is adjunct Assistant Professor of King Saud University college of Pharmacy. He worked as clinical pharmacist in critical care area and nutrition support. He has established and implemented several programs at MOH Hospitals like Clinical Pharmacy Program, Medication Safety Program, Pain Management Program, Anticoagulation Program and Pharmacy Infection Control etc. He is the Founder of Mass Gathering Pharmaceutical Care in Saudi Arabia. He became a member of advisory board of the Arab Pharmaceutical Journal in 2010. He became Pharmacy Board Member of Saudi Commission of Health Care Specialties, 2010-2013. He had several research papers in clinical pharmacy and pharmacy practice and has presented in ACCP and ISPOR conferences.

Email: yalomi@moh.gov.sa yalomi@gmail.com