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Evaluation Of Good Pharmacy Practice In Community Drug Sale Outlets With "A" Category License In The Urban Lahore,

By: Muhammad Shahwar | Ms. Huma Rasheed.
Contributor(s): Muhammad Usman | Prof. Dr.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: 2011Subject(s): Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences ( IPS )DDC classification: 1432,T Dissertation note: Pakistan is a developing country, facing many challenges regarding provision of quality health to its people. Community drug sale outlet is the premises where people buy their prescription and Over the Counter (OTC) medicines. Internationally, the concept of community pharmacy is now far beyond the supply of medicines. It also includes drug information services and provision of pharmaceutical care. The international guidelines established for Good Pharmacy Practices (GPP) by WHO and International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) provide stepwise GPP implementation plans for developing countries. This project was designed for the evaluation of the current pharmacy practices at community pharmacies of Lahore on basis of WHO/FIP guidelines. This assessment was based on 50 indicators in form of survey which fulfills almost all areas of community pharmacy practice. Questionnaire was filled through the verbal communication with drug sale outlet personnel. Total of 200 drug sale outlets were selected on simple random sampling basis from the different areas of urban Lahore. The collected data was used to categorize the drug sale outlets on basis of score in four grades. The drug sale outlets were graded in four categories (A, B, C, and D) according to results obtained. Drug sale outlet having percentage up to 25 were graded D category; drug sale outlet having percentage 26-50 will lie in B category, drug sale outlet having percentage 51-75 and above 75 were graded in A category. 88% of drug sale outlets secured below 50% of the total score .The data was analyzed using descriptive statistics. This was a base line study regarding GPP in Pakistan. GPP guidelines for pharmacy practices need to be established in Pakistan. Ministry of health and current legislation should play a major role in developing these guidelines. Qualified pharmacist should personally supervise the drug sale outlet all the time, to enhance the rational use of drugs, and to take part in provision of health care at community level. The compounding and dispensing section in current community drug sale outlets has a lots of improvement to be done regarding formulation personally by pharmacist and supervision also the compounding and dispensing section premises have to be separate from major area as per law other major areas identified by this study that require improvement include training, premises, storage system, and service.
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Pakistan is a developing country, facing many challenges regarding provision of quality health to its people. Community drug sale outlet is the premises where people buy their prescription and Over the Counter (OTC) medicines. Internationally, the concept of community pharmacy is now far beyond the supply of medicines. It also includes drug information services and provision of pharmaceutical care. The international guidelines established for Good Pharmacy Practices (GPP) by WHO and International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) provide stepwise GPP implementation plans for developing countries. This project was designed for the evaluation of the current pharmacy practices at community pharmacies of Lahore on basis of WHO/FIP guidelines. This assessment was based on 50 indicators in form of survey which fulfills almost all areas of community pharmacy practice. Questionnaire was filled through the verbal communication with drug sale outlet personnel. Total of 200 drug sale outlets were selected on simple random sampling basis from the different areas of urban Lahore. The collected data was used to categorize the drug sale outlets on basis of score in four grades. The drug sale outlets were graded in four categories (A, B, C, and D) according to results obtained. Drug sale outlet having percentage up to 25 were graded D category; drug sale outlet having percentage 26-50 will lie in B category, drug sale outlet having percentage 51-75 and above 75 were graded in A category. 88% of drug sale outlets secured below 50% of the total score .The data was analyzed using descriptive statistics. This was a base line study regarding GPP in Pakistan. GPP guidelines for pharmacy practices need to be established in Pakistan. Ministry of health and current legislation should play a major role in developing these guidelines. Qualified pharmacist should personally supervise the drug sale outlet all the time, to enhance the rational use of drugs, and to take part in provision of health care at community level. The compounding and dispensing section in current community drug sale outlets has a lots of improvement to be done regarding formulation personally by pharmacist and supervision also the compounding and dispensing section premises have to be separate from major area as per law other major areas identified by this study that require improvement include training, premises, storage
system, and service.

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