Is your pharmacy secure?

by | Aug 31, 2017 | Blog, Pharmacist, Superintendent Pharmacists

If you wholesale you will be familiar with the MHRA, asking you for the contract with your alarm company and asking you how often the alarm is tested. How you prevent unauthorised access into your warehouse. Why does GPhC not ask similar questions about your Pharmacy? Why don’t Superintendent pharmacists risk assess their premises, ensure their staff, customers and medicines are safe and secure. They need to do this urgently as there has been a spate of crime affecting pharmacies. You may wish to install a CCTV or a better alarm or panic button. Ensure your pharmacists are safe if they are alone in the consultation rooms providing services and the counter staff are safe if left alone while your pharmacist delivers the services in the consultation room.

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Having just completed the very informative API and Clinical Trail course (thank you Shankar) I was reminded of the traps we can fall into whereby we try to keep ourselves in our little boxes. At the MHRA symposium, I have heard several times comments such as:- “no, I’m not doing the GMP day as it’s not relevant to me” or “GDP? Oh, that doesn’t apply to us as we are manufacturers”. I am sure these comments were made well out of the earshot of MHRA personnel and on the face of it see… Read more
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