Department of Pharmacy

Assignment 1
Dispensing Pharmacy
Topic

“Visit a nearby local retail setup and analyze the

opportunity for improvement in the current *
Compare with GDP practices and provide
recommendations for potential changes, offering
improvement in day to day pharmacy operations
system ”

Submitted by
Patras Masih
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Submitted to:Ma’am Maayada
Comparison:
GDP Real Setup

Is pharmacist available Yes pharmacist was

available
In case of generic name Yes they consider
do they consider
patient’s economic
situation
First in first out Yes they follow this rule
In case of errored In that case they contact
prescription to the prescriber
Is there a trend of Yes this is availible
electronic prescriptions?
Patient’s details vs Yes they check this thing
drugs
In the case of gediatric In that case the
and pediatric ? pharmacist counsells
them about possible side
effects
How do they deal with If Dr. available then the
narcotic drugs? prescription will be
 discussed with him
otherwise the
prescription is not filled.
Home delivery service Yes this service is
available
Counter check by Yes
pharmacist or technical
person

Compounding Not practiced

Use of latin terms Not practiced
If scale is broken Then Pharmacist
then what criteria is will handle the
followed? situation by using
his experience.
Report of adverse Pharmacist will
effects to the report to the
company prescriber and then
prescriber will take
 action against that
situation.
Shortage of drug In case of shortage
of drug in the whole
market the
prescriber will
change the
prescription but in
case of shortage of
a specific pharmacy
the pharmacy
person will refer to
other pharmacy.
Do they change the No
drug?
Drug (dispensing) FIFO(First in first
cycle in pharmacy? out)
Trained Yes
pharmacists?
Prescription handling by a
pharmacist or technical person? Yes