Abstract
Background: Medications and therapy equipment are important in the management of patient care in the health facility. They play a crucial role both in diagnosing diseases of various etiology , as well as in controlling them and monitoring their further course. Types of products include Medicines such as antibiotics, analgesics and anti-inflammatory, Medical Devices includes imaging Equipment, surgical equipment and implants among others. Knowledge of their occurrence, usage profile, and effect on the outcomes of the patients can be effective on treatment practices in hospitals.
Aim: This research therefore seeks to determine the efficacy of various medicines and medical devices used in hospitals, classify them and establish usage pattern and trends. It will also investigate the practical implications of these findings for hospital treatment plans as well as the optimal functioning of a hospital.
Method: Non-experimental research, using an approach of cross-sectional and comparative survey, was carried out in several hospitals: both state and non-state medical facilities. Patient treatment records were used where information related to prescriptions as well as usage of medical devices in emergency, surgery, Intensive care as well as the outpatient section were obtained. Medicines were classified according to the ANV therapeutic classes whereas medical devices were grouped according to their application, diagnostic, therapeutic, surgery or monitoring. Frequency of medicines and devices was measured quantitatively while qualitative method was used to investigate the impact of the treatments on the patients.
Results: Chloramphenicol, steric, and pethidine were the most frequently used medications in emergency and threaten surgical departments while the most frequent used medications in outpatient departments include ACE inhibitors, atorvastatin, and metformin. Defibrillators, ECG monitors, X-Ray machines, surgical robots and other pulmonary and cardiac assistance instruments were collectively recognized to have been regularly employed across the many departments. For that, innovative products such as robotic surgery systems characterized better patient results, recovery time, and complications.
Conclusion: The work also shows how important both medicines and medical devices are to the delivery of hospital care and to patient recovery and hospital performance. Where on one hand the problems include the misuse of antibiotics and the prohibitive costs of newer technologies like the robotically assisted surgical systems, on the other there are improvements across diagnostics and therapeutic domains. Future studies should be conducted to consider the durability of these treatments and to find the ways to use such treatments more efficiently in hospitals.
Keywords: medicines, medical devices, hospital treatment, patient outcomes, antibiotics, robotic surgery, diagnostic tools, healthcare efficiency.