Abstract:
This study was conducted to identify the factors associated with the expiry of essential drugs in health facilities of Addis Ababa (kolfe keranio sub city health centers). Kolfe keranio sub-city health center have eleven health centers under it . A descriptive and causal type research design was employed to achieve the objective of the study. In order to get relevant data from the target population and answer the research questions, quantitative method was used .so instrument which was used to collect the data from the sample subjects was a semi structured questionnaire which was analyzed by regression. Due to purposive criteria and small size existence, a total of 77 target population were taken as a sample. Participants were all the pharmacists, store keepers, druggist and the head pharmacists. As a result, it was identifying that irrational essential drug use in the health center of kolfe keranio sub- city was one of the causes for the expiry of essential drugs. This study found standard treatment guideline was not distributed in the health centers and appropriate pharmaceutical treatments were not selected from the standard treatment guideline. In addition donation drug from the country in which they will be used are not properly labeled.