Pharmaceutical Receiving and Storage Guide
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GLOSSARY OF TECHNICAL TERMS.
It is a record that contains information about the technical conditions.
of the medications such as the quantity of units, the lot number,
Record of receipt.
expiration dates, transportation conditions, observations etc. It
It will be carried out by the pharmacy director or whoever he delegates.
Stapler. Metal piece used to hold the closure of bottles, jars, etc.
Section dedicated to the orderly and protected preservation of products
Warehouse:
pharmaceuticals and related materials, awaiting distribution.
It is the set of activities aimed at care and
Storage: maintenance of the technical conditions under which they were developed
medications and medical devices.
It refers to the analysis of the characteristics that can be perceived by the
Analysis
senses. (color, smell, taste, texture) of a product by the
organoleptic.
warehouse manager.
Blister. A type of packaging for encapsulated or tablet medications.
The cold chain is a temperature supply chain.
controlled. A cold chain that remains intact guarantees a
Cold chain. consumer that the consumer product received during the
production, transportation, storage and sale has not gone out of a
given temperature range.
State of raw materials or packaging, intermediate materials,
bulk or finished products, isolated by physical means or by means
Quarantine.
effective while waiting for a decision regarding their authorization,
rejection or reprocessing.
Medical device. A medical device is defined as any instrument, apparatus,
application, material or article, including software, used alone or in
combination and defined by the manufacturer to be used directly
in human beings.
It is a container or wrapping that holds products temporarily.
Packaging. mainly to group units of a product thinking about its
manipulation, transport, and storage.
Hermeticity in closure, without perforations, complete content.
Container: it can be defined as a container that facilitates conservation and transportation
of the product it contains, especially a food or medication, etc.
Ability of an active principle or a medication to maintain in the
time its original properties within the specifications
Stability.
established, concerning their identity, concentration, or potency,
quality, purity, and physical appearance.
It is a wooden or plastic platform that allows for proper
Stowage. grouping or storage of medications and devices
doctors with the aim of preserving their technical specifications.
The purpose of a medication label is to describe and identify it.
Label of contribute to optimal use and avoid medication errors, indicate the
medications. appropriate handling and storage and allow for the localization of
product if any type of problems arise.
It is any unfortunate medical event that can occur.
Adverse Event. during a treatment with a medication, but does not have
necessarily causal relationship with it.
Date Of the one indicated as the maximum time until which it is guaranteed the
Expiration, power, purity, the physicochemical characteristics and the others that
Expiration or correspond to the nature and indication of a drug, a
Expiration. medicine, a cosmetic or similar products that is recommended
Based on the results of stability tests conducted on the effect.
After that date, the sale and use are prohibited.
of the product in question.
it is the individualized disposition to which substances adapt
medicinal (active ingredients) and excipients (material
Pharmaceutical Form.
pharmacologically inactive) to constitute a medicine, with the
object of facilitating its fractionation, dosing, and administration.
Photosensitive medications are a group of drugs that are due to their
Characteristics need to be kept protected from light. All the
Photosensitive. photosensitive medications should be kept in appropriate containers
(safeguarded from light) both in the Pharmacy Service and in the
different hospitalization units, to prevent their deterioration.
It is the humidity contained in a mass of air, in relation to the
maximum absolute humidity that could be admitted without occurring
Relative humidity:
condensation, keeping the same temperature conditions and
atmospheric pressure.
the quantity of a product that is produced in a single cycle of
Batch.:
manufacturing. The essential characteristic is its homogeneity.
It is that pharmaceutical preparation obtained from active ingredients,
with or without auxiliary substances, presented in pharmaceutical form that
it is used for prevention, relief, diagnosis, treatment, healing or
Medication.
rehabilitation of the disease. The containers, labels, tags and
packaging is an integral part of the medication, as it ensures
its quality, stability, and proper use.
the designation or coding of the product, which identifies the batch to which
Number or Code of this belongs and allows, in case of need, to locate and review
Batch.: all manufacturing and inspection operations carried out during its
production.
Reception of This is a process through which the institution carries out a
medications. comparison between what was agreed with the supplier, purchase order against
invoice and what the Supplier sends and between what is established by the
current legislation, internal requirements, and also product aspects.
It is a visual inspection where it is determined and recorded in the minutes of
Technical reception. reception all related to the technical aspects of
medicines and medical devices.
The objective of the label is to provide clear and precise information in a few
words. The idea is that people, when encountering a certain packaging,
Label.: container or package, you can see the label and know what it contains
object in question inside it. In certain contexts, the labels are
they create informally.
A seal is a security seal, a numbered physical device (or
Security seal. no) that is placed on locking mechanisms to ensure that they
Do not open without authorization (either deliberately or by accident).
Tapa.: The piece that closes the top of the boxes or containers.
It is the temperature range in which they must be stored.
Temperature
medications in such a way that it complies with the specifications of the
environment.
manufacturer and that allow to maintain their pharmacological activity.
Photosensitive medications are a group of medications that due to
Thermolabile.
their characteristics need to be preserved to protect them from temperature.
Ability to follow the story, the application or location of everything
that which is being considered in a medicine, especially the
Traceability.
related to the origin of the materials, the manufacturing process and