Given The Chance To Put-Up Your Own Drugstore, Illustrate Its Physical Set-Up or Floor Plan

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1.  Given the chance to put-up your own drugstore, illustrate its physical set-up or floor plan.

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2.  List down equipment, areas or sections that can be found in the community pharmacy that are commonly found in all  pharmacies.. In what activities o  pharmacies orr functions aare re they being u used? sed? How vital are they iin n the pharma pharmacy cy operatio operation? n? EQUIPMENT

1.  Digital thermo-hygrometer thermo-hygrometer w with ith calibratio calibration n certificate

2.  Graduated cylinder 3.  Mortar and pestle

4.  Ointment slab/Pill Tile 5.  Refrigerator

6.  Spatula 7.  Tablet counting tray

FUNCTION/S

For precise me measurements asurements o off air temperat temperature ure and relat relative ive humidity. This is done to ensure that the pharmaceutica pharmaceuticall  products are stored stored at the ap appropriate propriate sstorage torage cond conditions itions to maintain their quality, stability, and efficacy, ensuring that the drug products would do no harm to the patients thus  providing them them the maxim maximum um therap therapeutic eutic benefit. This is used for measuring and transferrin transferring g liquids in a manner that is less precise than with a pipet. Used in compounding compound ing medicines that require addition of liquid. This is used for comminuting and/or triturating drug  products that need need extemp extemporaneous oraneous co compound mpounding ing as required by the extemporaneous prescription written by the  prescriber/physician.  prescriber/phy sician. A clean and smooth area that has a non-absorbable surface that provides a good place for mixing and compounding drugs. For biologicals, and other drugs products that need to be refrigerated. A properly managed cold chain storage will ensure that the drugs that need the special storage conditions will maintain their safetyactiv andity efficacy, thus will  provide its intended inten dedquality, thera therapeutic peutic activity effectively. This is used for mixing, spreading and lifting products or drug materials. Used especially in extemporaneous compounding of medicine. For a quick and sanitary way (less contact with hands) to handle and count solid dosage forms such as tablets, pills, and capsules. This is used to verify the prescription count, and avoid miscounting of the products especially in

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8.  Balance or scale

9.  Drug denaturing kits

10. Baskets

AREAS/SECTIONS 1.  Working area

2.  Compounding area

3.  Dispensing area

4.  Receiving area 5.  Distribution area

dispensing loose tablets or capsules, and also used in inventory of such drug products. Balance or scale calibration is essential to achieve accurate weighing results especially when underground extemporaneous compounding where there is a need for accuracy and precision in the weight or amount of medications. Out of date or unwanted controlled drugs must be denatured  prior to disposal disposal so they can cannot not be retriev retrieved, ed, recover recovered ed or reused. This will render unwanted medici medicines nes irretrievable and unfit for use, ready to be disposed of in an Initial Medical blue-lidded pharmaceutical bin. Pharmacy baskets are where you store anything from  prescriptions through through to sta stationary. tionary. Thes Thesee baskets ar aree strong enough to manage. Baskets are a cost-effective way to organize and simplify workflow. FUNCTION/S This should be set up in the receiving area and in the distribution area to verify deliveries and prepare orders. This is where preparation of documents is done. This is where the pharmacists will perform the process of combining, mixing, or altering ingredients to create a medication tailored to the needs of an individual patient. This is where the pharmacist pharmacist will perform the process of  preparing and giving me medicine dicine to a na named med perso person n on the  basis of a prescription. prescription. This is whe where re maximu maximum m interaction with the customers is done. The area for stocking parcels before unpacking and checking freight and quality control. The area for stocking peripheral orders before distribution. Each destination should have a designated area where  parcels may be be stocked b before efore distribu distribution. tion.

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6.  Administra Administrative tive office/area 7.  Cold chain storage

8.  Storage for controlled substances 9.  Medicine shelves 10. Stock room

For the person in charge of the pharmacy, a desk near a light source should be set up for administrative work and for keeping documents. Products needing a cold chain should be stored in a refrigerator (between 2-8 °C): vaccines, immunoglo immunoglobulins, bulins, serums, insulin, ergometrine ergometrine,, oxytocin, dinoproston dinoprostone, e, certain laboratory tests, etc. Narcotic Narcoticss and other controlled substances should be placed under lock and key following the guidelines. Shelves where medicines will be placed and stocked. The area for storage of the drugs, with receiving and distribution area.

3.  List all the books, references and glasswares needed in the community pharmacy? BOOKS

Prescription Book Dangerous Drug Book Exempt Preparation Book Poisons Book Record Book for Selected NonPrescription Drugs, subject to abuse as determined by BFAD and/or Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB)

REFERENCES REFERENCES

Latest United States Pharmacopeia/National Pharmacope ia/National Formulary British Pharmacopeia Latest Edition Remington’s Pharmaceutical Sciences  Sciences   Merck Index Drug Reference Manual

GLASSWAR GLASSWARES ES

Burette (4) Volumetric flask (6) Separatory funnel (3) Erlenmeyer flask (3) Beaker (assorted sizes, 2 pcs. of each size)

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Record book for persons with disability disabilit y

BFAD Regulati Regulations/Pharmacy ons/Pharmacy Laws

Record book for senior citizens

Official Philippine National Drug Formulary R.A. 5921, Pharmacy Law and its implementing rules and regulations R.A. 10918. Philippine Pharmacy Act and its implementin implementing g rules and regulations R.A. 6675, the Generics Act of 1988 and relevant implementing rules and regulation R.A. 3720 as amended or Foods, Drugs

Temperature and relative humidity monitoring record book Generic menu card

and Devices and Cosmetics Act Remington’s Pharmaceutical Sciences (latest edition) Goodman & Gilman —  Gilman —   Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics (latest edition) United States Pharmacope Pharmacopeia ia –   –  National  National Formulary MIMS Drug Reference (latest edition)

Graduated cylinder (assorted sizes, 2  pcs. of each size) size) Pipette (6) Thermometer (2) Test Tube (24)

Funnel (4)

Stirring rod (6) Crucible (6)

Reference: DOH Administrative Order No. 56, s. 1989  Name of Intern: Intern:

Damasco, Erge Iris M.

School:

Liceo de Cag Cagayan ayan Univers University ity