I. OBJECTIVE: To execute the disposal
of damage, expired, returned or rejected products.
II. SCOPE: Products that are expired,
damaged, rejected or returned by customers due to defect.
III. RESPONSIBILITY
- Pharmacist
- Owner/Manager
- Pharmacy Assistant
IV. PROCEDURE
- Pharmacy assistants are assigned to a specific shelves for checking near expired drugs. Nearly expiry drugs that are 3 months before to expire shall be removed.
- Checking expiry date shall be done every month and shall be recorded and inventoried.
- Pharmacist will ask the attention of the supplier to return nearly expire drugs, damaged, returned and rejected so that the product will be pulled-out and disposed.
- When the supplier cannot accept anymore the product. The pharmacy must then dispose the products in an environmental conscious way. It can be done by coordinating to the garbage collector for proper disposal.
V. QUALITY OF RECORDS: N/A
VI. FORMS:
Logbook
VII. END OF DOCUMENT
