Disposal of Expired, Damaged, Returned or Rejected Products

I. OBJECTIVE: To execute the disposal of damage, expired, returned or rejected products.

II. SCOPE: Products that are expired, damaged, rejected or returned by customers due to defect.

III. RESPONSIBILITY

 Pharmacist
 Owner/Manager
 Pharmacy Assistant

IV. PROCEDURE

1. Pharmacy assistants are assigned to a specific shelves for checking near expired drugs. Nearly expiry drugs
that are 3 months before to expire shall be disposed.
2. Checking expiry date shall be done every month and shall be recorded and inventoried.
3. Pharmacist will ask the attention of the supplier to return nearly expire drugs, damaged, returned and
rejected so that the product will be pulled-out and disposed.
4. When the supplier cannot accept anymore the product. The pharmacy must then dispose the products in an
environmental conscious way. It can be done by coordinating to the garbage collector for proper disposal.

V. QUALITY OF RECORDS: N/A

VI. FORMS:

Logbook

VII. END OF DOCUMENT