Abstract:
The study analyzed the effects of employee skills on drug inventory security
management for the health institutions in Nyeri County, Kenya. Descriptive design was adopted
to cover the three general categories of Health Institutions. The target population was 357
permanent members of staff working in Public, Faith-Based and Private health institutions with
bed capacity. A sample of 130 respondents was selected using stratified sampling. Close-ended
questionnaires were used to collect the primary data. SPSS package Version21 was used to
process and analyze the data. Descriptive statistics were presented in the form of frequency
distributions, means and standard deviations. A regression model was developed to establish the
relationship between the independent and the dependent variable. Skills of staff (X3) showed a
coefficient of 0.210. The regression model generated R2 value of 0.446 meaning 44.6% of the
drugs security management was significantly influenced by skills of staff. The P value was
significant at 0% level (sig.F<0.005), confirming the model’s fitness. The study variable had a
positive relationship. The study recommends that the management should ensure that staff is
continually trained in order to enhance their skill and thus improve drug inventory security in
health institutions.
