Dr. Salma Al-Khani, B.Sc, MHHA, CPHQ
Medication Safety Officer
King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center
Salma Al-Khani is the Medication Safety Officer in King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center, Riyadh Saudi Arabia; she received her Baccalaureate degree in Pharmacy from King Saud University. On May 2007 she received her Master Degree in Health and Hospital administration from King Saud University.
Then she completed her Medication/ Patient Safety Program in the Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas on April 2009, In addition to Medication Safety training program in Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, USA on October 2011.
Ms. Al-Khani Joined King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center on 1995, During This period she served in different positions in KFSH&RC Pharmacy Division such as IV Room, Intensive Care Satellite Pharmacy, Cardiac Surgery Satellite Pharmacy, Bone Marrow Transplant Satellite Pharmacy, and Oncology Outpatient Pharmacy.
She was assigned as a Medication Safety Officer in February 2007. In 2022 initiated a Medication Safety Unit under the hospital medical affairs to oversee all medication safety activities and initiatives across the hospital.
Also, she works as a Medication Management Surveyor in the Central Board for Accreditation of Healthcare Institution (CBAHI).
Salma is the founder & director of the Medication Safety Officer Preparatory Course, training hundreds of Medication Safety Officers in Saudi Arabia and the Gulf Region countries
Currently she teaches a medication safety subject as Adjunct Senior Lecturer in AlFaisal University
Ms. Al-Khani was involved in several medication safety projects, such as The Safe Use of High Alert Drugs, The Joint Commission Medication Management Standards Implementation, Intravenous Continuous Infusion Standardization, Adverse Drug Events Reporting System, Failure Mode and Effect Analysis for Patient Medication Allergy Documentation and Review, Medication Prescribing Errors in Saudi Hospitals.
She was engaged in several lectures and presentations related to the medication safety field locally and internationally, In addition, she has several publications in reputable journals and multiple oral and poster presentations in several conferences and symposium worldwide.
