Introduction: Accreditation is an evaluating tool of
health care systems especially in
hospitals Iran ’s Ministry of
Health emphasizes its importance. We attempted this descriptive study to classify medication management criteria of
hospital accreditation standards using a
hybrid approach of fuzzy DEMATEL based on
ANP (FDANP).
Methods: This study included all
Iran ’s
hospitals . Nine medication management criteria and their sub-criteria were evaluated. AHP
questionnaire was used for
data collection .
Results: The following were demonstrated to be effective The
standards of safe storage of
drugs and medical
equipment , and providing practical
procedure for
reporting and controlling
medication errors . The other factors were affected by them Continuous
monitoring of
drugs and medical
equipment utilization was the most affected and not independent factors/
standards .
Conclusion: Focus should be made on effective
standards and their related
measures , not on
standards affected by other factors/
standards