DO AND DONT TO MAINTAIN HEALTHY PHARMACY by Anto Shering M,Drugs Inspector,Department of Drugs Control -Puducherry.

1. to Maintain a Healthy
Pharmacy
Anto Shering. M
Drugs Inspector,
Department of Drugs Control,
Puducherry

2. Display the Licence in a
Prominent Place

3. Maintain Clean Environment
 Some Pharmacies not maintaining cleanliness
 Dust on Medicines, Unclean Floor & Display

6. Availability of Pharmacist
 Pharmacist is important to receive and dispense the
prescription medicines

7. Storing the Food Materials in the
Pharmacy & Refrigerators
 Form 20 & 21 / Form 20 B & 21 B for the
purchase & sale of medicines ONLY
 Pharmacy is not a Grocery shop or
Stationary shop

8. Ensure Proper Storage of
Medicines
 Temperature Maintenance

9.  Veterinary Products
 Scheduled Formulations
 External Preparations
 Vaccines & Biologicals
 IV Fluids
 Cosmetics
 Narcotics

10. Maintain a Prescription Register
for Controlled Substances
 5[(h) the supply of a drug specified in Schedule H1 shall be recorded in a
separate register at the time of the supply giving the name and address of
the prescriber, the name of the patient, the name of the drug and the
quantity supplied and such records shall be maintained for three years
and be open for inspection.]
 1[(4)(i) Records of purchase of a drug intended for sale or sold by retail
shall be maintained by the licensee and such records shall show the
following particulars, namely:
 (a) the date of purchase,
 (b) the name and address of the person from whom purchased and the
number of the relevant licence held by him,
 (c) the name of the drug, the quantity and the batch number, and
 (d) the name of the manufacturer of the drug.
 (ii) Purchase bills including cash or credit memo
shall be serially numbered by the licensee and maintained by him in a
chronological order.]
Rule 65 of the Drugs and Cosmetic Act 1940

11. Expired Medicines in Sale
Area
 Identity and remove the before 3
months of expiry date
 Periodically verify the physical
stocks
 Maintain Software properly
 Don’t accept medicines from the
suppliers
 Don’t keep/sale physician samples

12. Safe Disposal of Expired
Medicines
 Return to the Supplier
 Handover to the Bio-waste management
 Don’t Burn
 Don’t Burry
 Don’t put it in Garbage Bin

13. Running a Clinic Inside the
Licensed Premises
 Some pharmacy after getting Drug Licence
changed the layout and started clinic inside
pharmacy
 Injections should be only by Physician/
Nurse

14. Sale of Medicines by
Wholesalers
 Wholesale Licence holders who
has Form-20B and Form-21B
SHOULD Sale medicines only to
Retail Licenses holders only
 Don’t Sales to Patients/
Physicians

15. CCTV CAMERAs
 Installation of CCTV cameras are mandatory