Objectives: To explore the condition of cold storage drug transportation to and from the main medical stores and the Royal Medical Services hospitals, according to the Jordan (MOH) regulations and standard guidelines of cold storage drugs transportation.
Methodology: This cross sectional survey collected data by a questionnaire during October and November 2012. Companies delivering cold storage drugs to main medical stores, pharmacists who received drugs at hospitals responded to the survey. The Questionnaire included two conditions listed as the quality of cold storage drugs transportation condition and three for the general problems of cold storage drugs delivery.
Results: Drugs that were transported by vehicles controlling the temperature in the storage compartments <25c° were always happened in 35.9%, rarely happened in 1.6% and never happened in 60.9%. Cold storage drugs were delivered by proper number of ice packs in cool box six sides at the box, always happened in 34.4%, often happened in 14.1%, rarely happened in 6.3% and never happened in 39.1%. Cold storage drugs were delivered by ice packs that melted to water in the cool boxes when arrived to hospitals always in 77.8%, often in 14.8%, rarely in 1.9% and never in 5.6%. Conclusion: Cold storage drugs were not transported and delivered in recommended state in this study.
Muna Khashman, Nanci Shishani, Samar Hawari, Alen Alfanik, Khalid Almadani. (2014) Assessment of cold storage medications transportation to and from main medical stores in the Royal Medical Services, Amman, Jordan, , Volume-39, Issue-4.