MEDICINES AND MEDICAL SUPPLIES MANAGEMENT | PAST PAPER | PST NTA LEVEL 5

MEDICINES AND MEDICAL SUPPLIES MANAGEMENT | PAST PAPER | PST NTA LEVEL 5

1. What is the composition of medical supplies?
2. Why is it important to manage medicines and medical supplies?
3. What is supply chain in relation to medicines and medical supplies?
4. What are the components of health supply chain management?
5. What explanations can you give on the components of health supply chain management?
6. What is selection in relation to medicines and medical supplies?
7. What is the importance of medicines and medical supplies selection?
8. What are the criteria for selection of medicines and medical supplies?
9. What are the problems facing selection of medicines and medical supplies?
10. What is the meaning of quantification?
11. What is the meaning of forecasting as applied in medicines and medical supplies ?
12. What are the objectives of quantification?
13. What are the issues to consider in quantification?
14. What are the types of quantification methods?
15. What explanations can you give on quantification methods?
16. What are different types of quantification methods which are used in the quantification of medicines and medical supplies?
17. What are the applications of quantification methods?

18.  What is the definition of the following terms?

1. Procurement
2. Bulk purchasing
3. Direct procurement
4. Procurement period
5. Lead time

19. What are the objectives of good procurement?
20. What are the operation principles for good procurement
21. What are the good procurement practices for medicines and medical supplies?
22. What is the meaning of procurement cycle?
23. What are the steps in procurement cycle?
24. What are the methods for procurement of medicines and medical supplies?
25. What are the criteria for selecting a procurement method?
26. What are the sources of medicines and medical supplies for procurement?
27. What is the quality assurance in procurement of medicines and medical supplies?
28. What is drug donation?
29. What are the associated benefits and problems of drug donations?
30. What are the major procurement agencies for medicines and medical supplies in Tanzania?
31. What explanations can you give on autonomous supply agencies of medicines and medical supplies in Tanzania
32. What is the structure of Medical Stores Department?
33. What are the functions of Medical Stores Department?
34. What is the definition of prime vendor system?
35. What explanations can you give on PVS?
36. What is the definition of LMIS?
37. What are the objectives of LMIS?
38. What is the purpose of LMIS?
39. What is Integrated Logistics System?
40. What are the key features of the Integrated Logistic System?
41. What are the LMIS tools?
42. What are the issues to do so as to complete R and R forms?

43.  What is the definitions of the following;

a.       Pull system?

b.      Push system?

44.  What are the differences between the pull and push systems?

45. What is the definition of eLMIS?
46. What explanations can you give on eLMIS?
47. How do you use eLMIS