Implementación de buenas prácticas de almacenamiento y distribución de medicamentos en la Farmacia Privada “Espíritu Santo” de la ciudad de Riobamba

Abstract

The aim of this research work was to implement good storage and distribution practices for medical products in the private pharmacy "Espíritu Santo" in Riobamba city, in order to establish control of medicines with respect to the conservation of their characteristics, stability, safety, quality and the reduction of economic losses. The initial situation of the pharmacy was evaluated through direct observation, a test to evaluate the knowledge of the personnel and the application of a checklist divided into parameters such as organization - personnel, infrastructure, materials and equipment, storage and distribution. Subsequently, thirteen standard operating procedures were developed with the rules that must be followed to preserve the stability of drugs. In addition, the personnel were socialized in-person and in a practical way on the proper use of these standard operating procedures. Afterwards, the respective implementation of the SOPs was carried out with corrective actions such as traffic light color-coded nutrition labeling, organization and cleaning of the physical spaces. Next, the results after the implementation were evaluated, verifying the improvement of the conditions where initially a percentage of 32.2% of non-compliance with the application of the technical norms of good storage and distribution of medicines was evidenced, achieving a decrease with a final percentage of 1.33% and the knowledge acquired by the pharmacy personnel was verified by means of a test where the l00% was obtained as a result. It is concluded that the implementation of good storage and distribution practices for medicines contributes to the efficiency of the pharmaceutical service and the quality of the medicines dispensed. It is recommended to continuously execute the standard operating procedures to preserve the properties of the medicines and thus preserve health of people.