Asian Journal Of Social Pharmacy

Objective To study the drug quality management of four community pharmacies and provide countermeasures and suggestions for improving the drug management level in Kangping County. Methods Literature research and investigation research were adopted in this paper to analyze the current situation and problems of drug management in four community pharmacies in a town of Kangping County. Results and Conclusion The problems of four community pharmacies in a town of Kangping County are low level of drug quality management, insufficient quality and capability of the practitioners and physician’s illegal act such as some licensed pharmacists paid from the linked pharmacies. There are also problems in facilities and equipment, drug display and storage, and document management, which reflects the lack of local drug supervision. Based on the above problems, some countermeasures and suggestions are put forward to strengthen the drug quality management of four community pharmacies in Kangping County.

community pharmacy, pharmaceutical business, quality management, good supply practice (GSP)