Near, trusts and reliably – the pharmacy
The scenario is not uncommon: A customer comes into the pharmacy and asks for a medicine – however it knows neither the name of the preparation, nor it knows manufacturers or active substance. There the pharmacist must become the expert detective, who advises its customer competently and reliably.
Large power spectrum
In the pharmacy each day numerous drug-referred problems are recognized and solved, as for instance one on the prescription not indicated strength of a drug, or a not recognized, but medically important reciprocal effect of two medicines. As frequently German pharmacies must solve such problems, is statistically not seized. Actually however seeking out the correct medicine does not only belong to the work everyday life of the 21,400 pharmacies in Germany. Although the pharmacies in all inquiries always rank to the customer satisfaction and to the customer confidence at the foremost places, hardly anyone knows in the detail, which variety at services and safety precautions belong to the everyday life of a pharmacy. That goes out the far over delivery of drugs and the independent consultation to medicines. In the pharmacy can be measured and controlled also blood pressure, sugars and Cholesterin or be arranged the travel pharmacy for the next vacation. Who would like to furnish or examine its private pharmacy at home, that is locally exact in the pharmacy in the correct place.
Near, trusts and reliably
Whether now health tests, which are preparation of individual drugs or the supply from medicines to the patient bed guarantee it pharmacies the drug supply of the population residence near and surface covering. In order to refer to their comprehensive power spectrum, the 21,400 German pharmacies invite its customers on 16 June to informing over the various services and services of the residencenear pharmacies. Altogether nearly 140,000 qualified woman employees worry around the health interests from daily 3.5 to 4 million customers.
Who is actually for which responsible in a pharmacy?
The persons active in the pharmacy let themselves be divided in two groups. During the pharmacists and the pharmaceutical-technical female assistant (PTA) belong to the pharmaceutical personnel, belongs the pharmaceutical-commercial employee (PKA) to the not-pharmaceutical personnel.
Pharmaceutical-commercial employees
How becomes already clear from the job title, the PKA orders beside pharmaceutical primarily over commercial knowledge and abilities. It is responsible for purchase and storage of the drugs as well as the account system and puts thereby the bases for a smooth operational sequence of the pharmacy enterprise.
Pharmaceutical-technical female assistant
The PTA supports the pharmacist with the production of medicines, because against the landläufigen conception also today still amazingly many of the drugs are produced directly in the pharmacy. This activity contains the production of for the customer custom-made ointments or eye drops or other medicines. Also to there the PTA is advising customers and to sell drugs. Further it e.g. accomplishes laboratory tests like the determination of the blood sugar and Cholesterinspiegels and examines in a random sampling way the composition of drugs. Each day in everyone that is tested approx. 21,400 pharmacies in Germany a finished drug – an enormous contribution for drug security.
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A pharmacy may be led only of an accordingly trained pharmacist. It is round the specialist in all questions around the drug. Only if a pharmacist is present, a pharmacy may be opened, because this carries the responsibility for the correct delivery and consultation as well as the production and examination of the medicines in the pharmacy. He does not only advise patients but is also the correct partner for physicians, if it goes around questions out of the range drug.
Since medicines may be delivered only in the presence of a trained pharmacist, the pharmacist is responsible also for the pharmacy emergency service. This meant that pharmacists must be available in by the national pharmacist chamber a specified regular rotation at night and on weekends, in order to deliver in emergency medicines. Particularly in small pharmacies in rural areas, in which only the owner of trained pharmacists is, this means an enormous achievement, because: Emergency services are not shift operation, on the next day are completely normally opened.
