GPP is the practice of pharmacy that responds to the needs of the people who use the pharmacists' services to provide optimal, evidence-based care. To support this practice it is essential that there be an established national framework of quality standards and guidelines
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Introduction to the concept of Good Pharmacy Practice and SOPs.
2. 1. CONCEPT OF GOOD PHARMACY PRACTICE .
• GPP :- Good Pharmacy Practice means a set of principles and standards for practice at drug retailers (or
pharmacies) with the aims of ensuring and improve the direct supply and retailing of safe and effective
drugs to patients.
• GOOD PHARMACY PRACTICE REQUIREMENTS
• A. Good Pharmacy Practice requires that a pharmacist's first concern must be the
• welfare of the patients in all settings.
• B. Good Pharmacy Practice requires that the core of the pharmacy activity is the
• supply of medication and other health care products, of assured quality,
• appropriate information and advice for the patient, and monitoring the effects of
• their use.
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• C. Good Pharmacy Practice requires that an integral part of the pharmacist's
• contribution is the promotion of rational and economic prescribing and
• appropriate medicine use.
• D. Good Pharmacy Practice requires that the objective of each element of pharmacy
• service is relevant to the individual, is clearly defined and is effectively
• communicated to all those involved
4. 2. SOPS
• Pharmaceutical Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) is a tested, verified, approved, and
documented way of executing operations that form the pharmaceutical industry's
basis.
• It provides step-by-step guidance for the personnel to perform a specific process.
• SOPs play a fundamental role in continuous quality assurance and ensuring best
practice at your pharmacy, in order to assist you in protecting the safety of your patients
and members of the public