How to organize a pharmacy

Medicines belong to the category of goods of constant demand, independent of the time of year and the economic situation. At the same time, in order to organize a pharmacy, it is necessary to comply with a number of requirements imposed by the state on this type of retail trade and to cope with high competition in this area.

Instruction manual

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To open a pharmacy, you must obtain a license from the subcommittee on licensing of pharmaceutical activities of the Ministry of Health, which is issued for a period of 5 years. The paperwork process can take several months.

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When choosing a location, one should take into account the availability and quantity of other pharmacies in the same territory, as well as their range. The size of the room should be at least 75 square meters and consist of several rooms: a trading room, a material room for storing and sorting medicines, a room for staff, a manager’s office. The lease should be concluded for less than 5 years.

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Pharmacy equipment must be given special attention in accordance with sanitary requirements. In addition to shelves for medicines, display cases, counters and cash registers, you will need special equipment to provide special storage conditions for individual drugs, such as fireproof metal cabinets, safes, refrigerators. Take care of installing fire and burglar alarms. For effective trading, the assortment of medical products must be composed of at least 5, 000 items.

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The pharmacy can only work with a pharmaceutical education (except for cleaners and security): pharmacists or pharmacists. They are responsible for the purchase, storage and sale of medicines. The employee serving the customers should be qualified enough to be able to advise, choose the right version of the drug, offer an alternative option in the absence of the original. The manager is a pharmacist with a specialist certificate and at least 3 years of experience in the specialty. He, among other things, forms the assortment of the pharmacy, concludes contracts with suppliers of medicines, medical equipment, food additives, cosmetics and other related products.