Effects of Skills of the Staff on Drugs Inventory Security Management in Heath Institutions Nyeri County, Kenya

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.