Muscat – This step reflects the hospital’s commitment to raising the standards of pharmaceutical care and patient safety in accordance with international best practices, and its ability to transform strategic projects into practical reality that contributes to raising the efficiency of the healthcare system.
The newly launched unit marks a significant milestone in the hospital’s pharmaceutical services. Developed and equipped over the course of a year, the unit was completed to the highest international standards and is now officially operational.
Designed to provide a specialised, sterile environment, the CIVA Unit prepares sensitive intravenous medications, including chemotherapy, antibiotics, intravenous nutrition, and other critical solutions. All processes are carried out under the direct supervision of trained pharmacists and technicians, ensuring the highest levels of precision, safety, and quality.
The unit aims to enhance patient safety, ensure dosage accuracy, improve treatment outcomes, ease the burden on nursing staff, and support the hospital in achieving and sustaining international accreditations, such as the Canadian Accreditation for Healthcare Institutions. In addition to its direct role in enhancing patient safety and improving treatment efficiency, the unit represents an added investment value by rationalizing the consumption of medicines and resources and increasing the efficiency of healthcare spending, which positively impacts the sustainability of services.
The unit serves as an advanced educational platform for qualifying national competencies in the field of clinical pharmacy and sterile drug preparation. It also serves as a supportive environment for scientific and applied research that keeps pace with global developments and contributes to the advancement of healthcare practices.
This inauguration affirms the University Medical City’s commitment to completing its development projects and transforming them into tangible achievements that serve patients and keep pace with global developments. This achievement also embodies the University Medical City’s strategic direction toward enhancing its role in excellence, in line with the goals of Oman Vision 2040.