Die toepassing van 'n voorsieningsadministrasiestelsel vir openbare hospitaalapteke en mediese depots

English: Public institutions, such as hospitals, originate from the needs, by which they have to satisfy the needs of the community for essential goods and health services to maintain the general well-being of the community of South Africa. No health institution can function without medical items and consequently such institutions will annually spend a certain portion of the limited funds of government by means of a budget, to procure medical items. The optimum use of scarce resources and funds to satisfy the needs of the community of South Africa necessitates an effective logistical handling of medical items. The meaning, extent and requirements of provisioning administration for medical items is explained in detail. Various factors, that necessitate a provisioning administration system in public hospital pharmacies and medical depots such as, the necessity of trained personnel and the accomplishment of standardized methods and procedures for provisioning administration are fully declared. The extent of provisioning administration at medical depots and hospital pharmacies in the public sector is complex of nature. Various functions and services exist whereby provisioning administration of medical items in the public sector play a part. The extent of the needs for medical items in the public sector which is diverse of nature and differ from region to region depending on different diseases such as malaria are explained. Organizational functions for a provisioning administration system at public hospital pharmacies and medical depots are undertaken to provide goods and health services to patients during their treatment. The organizational functions at provinces must be thoroughly planned and divided among institutions, divisions and among officials in order to promote the objective of effective and efficient provisioning of medical items. Organizational functions are subdivided into work division, delegation of authority, communication and co-ordination. These organizational functions are explained thoroughly to bring about an excellent provisioning administration system at public hospital pharmacies and medical depots. The co-ordination of medical provisioning is essential with the fragmented service tendering in the health sector of South Africa. Since frayed health services occur at provinces a process of provisioning requires the co-ordination of all activities. Possible recommendations are made that may bring about and promote a more effective and efficient organization of medical provisioning at public hospital pharmacies and medical depots.