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. 2017 Nov-Dec;70(6):456-462.
doi: 10.4212/cjhp.v70i6.1713. Epub 2017 Dec 21.

Pharmacy Practice in Kenya

Dorothy Aywak  1 , Collins D P Jaguga  2 , Nancy G Nkonge  3 , Rosaline Kinuthia  3 , Claris Ambale  4 , Ismail A Awle  5
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Pharmacy Practice in Kenya

Dorothy Aywak et al. Can J Hosp Pharm. 2017 Nov-Dec.
No abstract available

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Competing interests: None declared.

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Figure 1
Pharmaceutical supply chain in Kenyan public hospitals. Medicines from the main drug stores are moved to either the inpatient pharmacy or the outpatient pharmacy. The inpatient pharmacy caters to all patients admitted to the various wards and operating rooms, as well as the injectables administration room for patients in the outpatient department (OPD). The outpatient pharmacy is the dispensing point for patients who have attended clinics of the hospital. DDA = Dangerous Drug Act. Reproduced, with permission, from MDS-3: Managing Access to Medicines and Health Technologies (Figure 45-1, page 45.5). © 2012 Management Sciences for Health, Arlington, Virginia.
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