Pharmaceutical Science - PDF
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2Introduction In the medical and business sector, good distribution practices are of great importance especiallyto the active substances and medicinal products. These practices ensure that the integrity andquality of these products is maintained since they are easily affected by lack of proper controlmeasures. The importers, manufacturers and distributers of medicinal products share commonroles and duties that are aimed at ensuring that the products remain in the best conditions for theintended users (Gandhi et al., 2018). Therefore, good distribution practices ensure that there arenecessary control measures in place during storage as well as distribution of such products.However, some control measures might not be applicable to every situation, company andenvironment. However, it is important to adopt the good distribution practices by a givencompany to meet its needs as well as the needs of the customers. At the same time, gooddistribution practices should be adopted considering the nature of the risks involved to achievethe quality of commodities. There are some commodities which require the storage anddistribution at some specified conditions such as room temperatures, while others require frozenor use of cold chains. The aim of this essay is to explore the use of good distribution practices inpharmaceutical industries and businesses.Good distribution practices PersonnelThe key personnel placed in charge of a warehouse activities needs to be competent enough andhave the relevant knowledge and expertise for these duties (Billett et al., 2015). Thus from timeto time, these personnel should be offered proper training related to good distribution practices,safety and operations. More training is emphasized especially for he personnel involved inproducts of special categories in terms of handling and storage conditions (Nafukho et al., 2017).
3These include those products that are toxic, fragile, infections, special risk and those in the coldchain conditions. EquipmentThe storage facilities for use during distribution should be designed in a way that they can handlethe recommended storage conditions (Shah et al., 2016). Of great importance is the security tothe premises whereby there is restricted access to unauthorized persons. Additionally, thereception and dispatch locations should be distinct enough to avoid any form of confusion orinconveniences. Thus these bays should be designed in a way that protects the goods from badweather and other risks. The storage bay should be spacious enough to allow for enough spacefor segregated and ordered placement of goods. This should also allow the goods to be separatedbased on various categories such as the quarantine, returned, and recalled among othercategories. For the goods which are quarantines and rejected, there needs to be highly restrictedaccess to prevent possible mixing with other goods. In case there are computerized systems forseparation that use the bar coding method, they need to have reassurance of accessibility andsegregation (He et al., 2018). Moreover, the storage areas should be clean, dry and free of dust. Ifpossible, the warehouse management can use written timetable on the cleaning frequencies andmethods to be used. Frequent cleaning ensures that there is no risk of contamination to theproducts in the supply chain and more so during distribution. Concerning the sensitive productssuch as the infectious ones, appropriate cleaning methods should be indicated (McCain, 2012).Inside the storage facilities, proper lighting should be provided to facilitate the ease of movementand reduce possible falls and injuries to the personnel, while ventilation ensures good air supply.However, for goods that should be stored in the dark, these provisions should be observed toensure product integrity.
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