Management of resources and support systems:
Drugs and supplies
Use of drugs and supplies
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Collecting and Using Drug Use Indicators in Districts
Kwik-Skwiz #19, 1999, Health Systems Trust
Examples of indicators, use of results
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Ten Recommendations to Improve Use of Medicines in Developing Countries
Richard Laing, Hans Hogerzeil and Dennis Ross-Degnan, 2001, Health Policy and Planning 16(1): 13–20, Oxford University Press
Patterns of use, essential drugs list, rational prescribing, treatment protocols, training, indicators
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Containing Antimicrobial Resistance
pdf, 103kb
2005, WHO Policy Perspectives on Medicines
surveillance of resistance; national reference laboratory; public education; provider education; essential medicines list and clinical guidelines; infection control committees; restriction of availability of antimicrobials; restricting marketing; controlling non-human use of antimicrobials;
(6 pages, pdf 103KB) -
Aide-Memoire For National Blood Programmes: Clinical Use of Blood
2004
Pre-requisites; national guidelines; education and training; hospital transfusion committees; monitoring and evaluation
(2 pages, pdf 141KB)
En français: AIDE-MÉMOIRE pour les programmes nationaux de transfusion sanguine: L’utilisation clinique du sang