Hubungan Tingkat Pengetahuan Petugas Pengelola Obat dengan Tingkat Ketersediaan Obat Di Puskesmas Kota Malang

Abstract

Drug management is the activity of management and storage of pharmaceutical preparations in an appropriate place, which aims of ensuring product safety and avoiding physical or chemical damage. One of the indicators that can be utilized in analysing drug management processes is the level of drug availability. The level of drug availability is a value that shows the percentage of the number of drugs required for healthcare services in health centres that must be in line with the needs of the population. Therefore, the number of drugs in the warehouse of the Primary Health Centre (Puskesmas) must be at least comparable to the amount of stock during the waiting time for the arrival of drugs. The staff must be knowledgeable about drug management at the Puskesmas. This research aims to determine the relationship between the level of knowledge of drug management of the staff with the level of drug availability in several Puskesmas in Malang. The research carried out was cross sectional analytic observational. The sampling technique of respondents was total sampling. The instrument used was a questionnaire of the knowledge of drug management of the staff and a data collection sheet for the drug availability obtained from the LPLPO datawhich hasethical clearance by the Medical Research Ethics Commission of the Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Brawijaya No. 81 / EC / KEPK-S1-FARM / 04/2020. The result of the average percentage of staff knowledge is 84.32%, which was included in the good category. The average percentage of drug availability is 64.19%. The percentage categorization of the level of drug availability comprises of 20% with good category, 70% with moderate category, and 10% with poor category. The results of the statistical correlation test using the Spearman Rank test indicate the Spearman Correlation value of 0.034 or p = 0.870 (p>0.05), indicating that the correlation is no meaningful relationship between The Level of Knowledge of Drug Management of The Staff With The Level of Drug Availability in Primary Health Centre (PUSKESMAS) in Malang City