Title 12. PROCUREMENT & WAREHOUSING OF DRUGS AND PHARMACEUTICALS.pdf ✅

PHARMD GURU Page 1 PROCUREMENT & WAREHOUSING OF DRUGS AND PHARMACEUTICALS PROCUREMENT OF DRUGS AND PHARMACEUTICALS:  Procurement is defined as a process of acquiring supplies through purchases from the manufacturers, their agents like distributors or from private or public suppliers.  Purchasing of medicines starts with the framing of buying policies and ends with receiving, stocking and payment.  It involves the application of special skills and knowledge from both the professional and legal viewpoints. STRATEGIES: 1. Procurement of cost effective medicines in the right quantities. 2. Indenting of items and quantity:  Annual indents.  Supplementary indents.  Emergent indents. HOSPITAL PHARMACY SERVICES RIGHT QUALITY QUANTITY COST TIME ITEM SOURCE