This document discusses pharmacy layout design. It notes that layout is important as it impacts customer perception and sales potential. The objectives of layout design include attracting customers, increasing sales and decreasing expenses, and providing space for stock, offices, and employee breaks. There are different types of layouts like clerk service, self selection, and self service best suited for different products. Common layout styles are grid and free flow. Key requirements for pharmacy premises include signage, separation from private areas, adequate space, ventilation, and smooth cleanable floors and walls. Hospital and community pharmacy layouts must be conveniently accessible to patients and staff.

1. Pharmacy Layout Design
Presented by
Maham Shafiq
M Phil Pharmaceutics(2013-2015_
University College of pharmacy
University of the Punjab Lahore

2. What is layout and its importance?
 An arrangenment or a plan , espicially the
schematic arrangement of parts or areas.
 Importance
 It plays significant role in the development
of the customers perception which have a
positive impact on its sale potential.

3. Objective of layout design
• To attract a large number of customer
• To increase the sale and decrease the selling
expenses
• To have space for reserve for stock,office and
resting place for the employees
• Proper entrace for goods
• To minimize the movement of customers with
within the premises of the drug store

4. Types of layout design
Self
selection
Self service
Clerk Or
personal
Service

5. Clerk or
personal Service
Exposure of
product is less
prescribed drugs
Maximum
interaction
between consumer
and the pharmacy
personnel
Self Selection
Consumer may see
handle and select
items
For nutritional
supplements
cosmetic,
contraceptive
OTC drugs
Self Service
• Minimum Clerk
service
• Maximum
exposure of
product to
costmers
• Not 100 % self
service

6. Style of layout designs
Grid Layout
Products are displayed in straight
and parallel lines
Free Flow layout
Fixture are irregularly shaped
such as circles arches and triangle

7. Grid Layout
Advantages
 More Product Exposure
 Possibility of self service
 Familiarity with
product that can be
needed in future
 Simplied,Security,Mini
mum pilferage
 Maximum utilization of
available space

8. Free Flow Layout
Advantages
 Allowance for browsing
and wandering freely
 Increased impulse
purchases
 Visual appeal and
Flexibility
Disadvantages
 Loitering encouraged
 Possible confusion
 Waste of floor space and
Costly

9. List of minimum requirements for a
pharmacy:
Premises:
The word Pharmacy shall be displayed in white
writing on green coloured sign boared having
minimum length of 5 feet and width of 2.5 feet.
 The premises of a pharmacy shall be separated from
room for private use
 The premises shall be built dry, well lit and ventilated
and shall be of sufficient dimensions to allow the
goods in stock, especially drugs and poisons to be
kept in a clearly visible and appropriate manner.
 The area of the section to be used at dispensing
department should not be less than shall not be less
than 6 sq meters for each additional person.

10.  The height of the premises shall at least be 2.5 sq
Meters.
 The floor of the pharmacy should be smooth and
washable
 The walls shall be plastered or tiled or oil painted
so as to maintain smooth, durable and washable
surface devoid of holes, cracks and cervices.
 The dispensing department shall be separated
by a barrier to prevent the entry of the public.

11. Hospital Pharmacy
 The department of the
hospital which deals
with procurement,
storage,
compounding,
dispensing,
manufacturing,
testing, packaging and
distribution of drugs.

12. Location and layout of the Hospital
Pharmacy
 In hospital premises so that patients and staff can
easily approach it.
 In multi storied building ,on the ground floor
especially the dispensing unit.
 The manufacturing room should be adjacent to the
pharmacy.
 Outpatient pharmacy should give pleasant
appearance and must have enough space for
seating of patients who have to wait for medicines.
 Medical stores of a pharmacy should be adjacent
to the pharmacy itself or should be directly
connected to pharmacy.

13. Layout of hospital pharmacy

14. Community pharmacy
 A community
pharmacy is
a pharmacy that deals
directly with people in
the local area. It has
responsibilities
including compounding,
counseling, checking
and dispensing of
prescription drugs to
the patients with care,
accuracy, and legality.

15. According to
Sharif Kaf al-
Ghazal, the
opening of the
first
drugstores are
recorded
by Muslim pharm
acists
in Baghdad in
754

16. Selection of Site Space, Layout and Design for
community pharmacy
 A needy town or city
 Site of pharmacy in a particular city should
be most suitable among those available.
 Convenient and accessible site to the
majority of consumers.
 Adequate free parking facility.

18. Physical facility
 Administrative office
 Bulk storage
 Narcotic or dangerous drug locker
 Manufacturing and repackaging
 Intravenous solution compounding
 Inpatient dispensing
 Outpatient dispensing In case of Hospital
Pharmacy
 Medicine information resource centre
 Emergency medicine storage