This document discusses pharmacy layout design and its importance. It outlines objectives for layout such as attracting patients, increasing sales, and providing space for stock, offices, and employee rest areas. Three main types of layout designs are described: clerk or personal service layouts with less product exposure for prescribed drugs; self-selection layouts for OTC products; and self-service layouts with minimum clerk involvement and maximum product exposure. Grid and free-flow styles are also discussed. Requirements for pharmacy premises include signage, separation from private rooms, sufficient dimensions, and clean walls and floors. Hospital and community pharmacy layout considerations are also covered.

1. Pharmacy Layout design
Bilal Hassaan
M.Phil Pharmaceutics

2. What is layout and its importance
• An arrangement or a plan especially the
schematic arrangement of parts and areas
• It plays a significant role in patient perception
which have a positive role on its sale potential

3. Objectives
1. To attract a large number of patients
2. To increase the sale and decrease the selling
expenses
3. To have space reserve for stock, office and
resting place for employees
4. Proper enterence for goods
5. To minimize the movement of customers in
premises of drug store

4. Types of layout designs
1. Clerk or personal service
2. Self selection
3. Self service

5. 1. Clerk or personal service
• Exposure of products is less
• Prescribed drugs
• Maximum interaction between patients or
customers and pharmacy staff or pharmacist

6. 2. Self selection
• Consumer may see, handle and select items
• For nutritional suppliments , OTC, cosmetic and
contraseptive drugs

7. 3.Self service
• Minimum clerk service
• Maximum exposure of products to consumers
• Not 100% self service

8. STYLES
• Grid layout (products are placed in streight and
parallel lines)
• Free flow layout (Fixtures are irregularly shaped
such as circles, arches and triangles)

9. Grid layout design
Advanatges
1.More product exposure
2. Possibility of self service
3. Familiarity with products which can be used in
future
4. Simple , security and minimum pilferage
5. Maximum utilization of space

11. Free flow style
Advantages
1.Allowance for moving freely in premesis
2.Increased impulse purchase
3.Visual appreal
Disadvantages
1.Loitering encouraged
2.Possible confusion
3.Waste of floor space and costly

13. Minimum requirements for pharmacy
• Premises
The word pharmacy shall be displayed in white writing against green
background having min length of 5 feet and width of 2.5 feet
Premises of pharmacy should be separated from room for private use
Premises shall be built dry, well lit and ventilated and shall be of
sufficient dimensions to allow the good in stock especially drugs and
poisons to be kept in clearly visible and appropriate manner.
The area of the dispensing room should not be less than 6 sq meters
for each additional person
The height of the room should be at least 2.5 sq meters
The floor should be smooth and washable
Walls shall be tiles, plastered or oil painted so as to maintain smooth
durable and washable surface devoid of holes and cracks
The dispensing department shall be separated to prevent the entry of
public

14. Hospital pharmacy
• The department of hospital that deals with
procurement, storage , compounding ,
dispensing , manufacturing , testing , packaging
and distribution of drugs .

15. Location and layout of hosp pharmacy
• In hospital so that staff and patients could easily
approach it
• In multi storied building , on ground floor
• Manufacturing room should be adjacent to
pharmacy
• Out patient pharmacy should give pleasant
appearance and must have enough space for seating
of patients who have to wait for medicines
• Medicine stores should be connected adjacent to
pharmacy

17. Community Pharmacy
• A pharmacy that deals directly with patients in
local areas.
• It has responsibilities like compounding
,counseling ,checking and dispensing of
prescription drugs to patients with care accuracy
and legality

18. Layout design for community
pharmacy
• A needy town or city
• Convenient and easily assessable site
• Adequate free parking facility

20. Physical facility
• Administrative office
• Bulk storage
• Narcotic and dangerous drugs locker
• Manufacturing and repackaging
• Interavenous solutions compounding
• Out patients dispensing
• Medicines information resource centres
• Emergency medicines store

21. Thank You !!!