Community Pharmacy Management

Pharmacy Practice for Final Year B.Pharmacy Sem-VII,
As per PCI Syllabus
Community Pharmacy Management

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2. ¶ Community Pharmacy comprises aII the setup that are managed by privately and associated to serve the society's prerequisite for drug products and various pharmaceutical services. ¶ Community pharmacist perform various activities among the main responsibilities are compounding, counselling, and dispensing of medications to the patients with most care, accuracy and authenticity beside with the appropriate purchase, storage, dispensing and documentation of all medicines. 2

3. ¶ The community pharmacist must be a qualified and appropriate with sound education, skills and competence to deliver the professional service to the community. ¶ The community pharmacy management is a unique point with objective to introduce the structured intervention process into the relationship study between the community pharmacist, the patient and the general practitioner. 3

4. √ Compare the proportion of the patients receiving appropriate treatment, as defined by currently available evidence and guidelines, between intervention and controi groups at baseline and follow up. √ Quantity"Health gain" by describing the change in patient health status after the intervention as defined by standard measures,both general and conditions specific. √ Conduct an economic evaluation of the medicine's management intervention. (Including estimate of drug cost changes) 4

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6. ¶ The infrastructure requirements for the community pharmacy premises state that, the facilities should be appropriate for dispensing, storing of the medicines as well as for compounding. ¶ The premises must be designed and equipped in such a way that they are suitable for their activities, as well as get protected from robbery. ¶ The size of premises should be sufiicient to carry out pharmaceutical activities such as; proper storage of medicinal products and provision of various kinds of pharmaceutical and patient care services. 6

7. Following are some basic infrastructure requirements that are essential to in pharmacy premises. Presence of Consultation/Counselling Room Power Supply Air Conditioning System Lighting System Patient Waiting Area Other Requirements 7

8. Finance is required to set up a new Community Pharmacy in order to maintain the medicines stock and cover all other expenses in establishment. To purchase land, building, machinery & equipment. To chasease raw materials and other materials. To pay salaries, wages and incidental charges. To maintain stock and supply products. 8

9.  Types of Finance:- Equity Finance/Capital:- It includes fixed/tangible assets that are free from financial obligation or debts Burrowed Finance/Capital:- It includes all assets that are taken as loan from banks or other sources.  Sources of Finance : - Owned Finance:- In this, the capital is generated by owner, partner or shareholders and as long as the business nms and remains stable surplus is returned to the shareholders. Loan (Burrowed) Finance:- In this type of sources, the capital is generated from bank or other financial institution and the interest is paid periodically at a fixed rate and then Payment of loan capital. Capital:- Capital is the wealth or asset which is used in the setup of business enterprise to produce income. 9

10. Material management is the process of planning, directing, governing and managing the activities which are related with the material management & inventory supplies from the point of origin to of introduction into the process of manufacturing. Following are the functions of material management: Procurement of raw materials and other inputs required for production. To establish regular supply of materials. 10

11. Maintaining stocks and store levels. Transportation and handling of materials. Disposal of scrap and surplus materials. Physical stocking and its checking. Efficient utilization of store space. To provide service to the organization in most economical way. 11

12. Proper identification and easy location of items, for that purpose the material is arranged in following orders: Arrangement of drugs in alphabetical order. According to the pharmacological actions. According to manufacturer. As per old stock and date of expiry. 12

13. 1) STOCKING : The drug store should have adequate space for the storage of drugs with proper lighting, ventilation and temperature controls. Special locked storage space is prepared for the storage of narcotics, alcohols and prescribed drugs. Objectives: Easy selection of the items. Proper identification of the items. Speedy issue of materials. Efficient utilization of space. Reduction in needs of handling materials. 13

14. Economy in investments. Reduction in incidental expenses. Less storage of space. Less manpower required, due to which reduction in administrative costs. There is more power of trading due to buying option in bulk quantity. DISADVANTAGES: More materials handling operations. The chances of delay are likely to be more. More exposed to loss due to natural calamities like fire, rain, dust, etc. 14

15. It is a process of assigning a code number or code symbol to a particular material for easy identification. Usually, manufactures, distributors and wholesalers have large merchandise in the store. It is difficult to locate items in the stores without proper labelling system or coding system. ADVANTAGES OF CODIFICATION:- It helps in easy identification of items. It helps in grouping the similar items together. Detailed description of the materials is minimized. It helps in avoiding duplication of items. It helps in physical counting. 15

16. Alphabetical order Mnemonic method Numerical method Decimal system Block system Alphanumerical method Location coding Fixed location Random location Zonal location 16

17. The management of staffing is the process of hiring and developing the required positions in the organisation. It involves the scientific and systemic procurement, allocation, utilization, conversation and development of human resources. Features of Staff Management :- ¶ It is a continuous and persistent function. ¶ It is an integral part of the management process. ¶ Staff management is a difficult process because, it deals with human beings who have their own needs, emotions and aspiration. ¶ It is concerned with the HR of an organization. 17

18. ¶ Staffing helps to build the healthy organisation in which the job performance and satisfaction of every employee is high. ¶ Staffs management inject life into of organisation by providing the right person for every job. ¶ Employees are the most important asset in the organisation. ¶ The quality of the employees decides the future and scope of organisation. 18

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