Hospital and clinical pharmacy

1. Dr. Bimal Gharti Magar
Store Management

2. Introduction
 Medicine should store seperetly other than main
pharmacy.
 Medicine with high demand and emergency drug should
always kept stock for provide any time.
 A well-arranged store enables easy identification of drugs
and saves time when picking up drug from the shelves.
 There should be separate storage room and dispensing
pharmacy.
 The practice of dispensing drugs should not be done from
the main store, but the drugs for certain time (1 day, 1
week, 1 month etc) are taken to the dispensary from the
store.
 There should be receiving section &distribution section in
store office.

3. Objectives of good medical store management
 To guarantee a continuous supply of drugs in medical
stores,
 To maintain integrity of packaging and to guarantee
quality and potency of drugs during shelf life
 To minimize losses from expiration, deterioration or
contamination
 To control theft and pilferage,
 To keep accurate inventory records,
 To provide stock movement information
 To use transport means efficiently.
 To prevent infestation of pests and vermin.

4. Storage environment
 Adequate temperature,
 Sufficient lighting.
 Clean conditions,
 Humidity control,
 Cold storage facilities,
 Appropriate placement
 The store room must be cleaned daily and mopped at
least once a week.

5. Stock rotation
 In this system earliest expiration date in front or on top
and those with the latest expiration in the back or
below of a shelf, so the drugs and related items with
earliest expiration date get dispensed first, and those
with the latest expiration get dispensed later.
 The following points should be taken into account:
a) Remove regularly all the expired items from the store
and check for near-to- expiry drugs which cannot be
used completely.
b) Mark all containers & boxes with the expiration date
of the drug.
c) Arrange stock according to FEFO (first expiry first
out) to allow stock rotation.