[Nanfang Daily]Guangdong released the latest drug purchasing guidelines and suspended the sale of cold and antipyretic drugs in high-risk areas
Nanfang Daily News (Reporter/Correspondent Chen Xiao/Guangdong Drug Administration) On the 23rd, the Guangdong Provincial Drug Administration streamlined and formulated the “Guangdong Provincial Retail Pharmacy Sentinel Monitoring Work Specification Guidelines (2022 Third Edition )” and the “Guangdong Province Guidelines for Safeguarding the Mass Use of Drugs in Epidemic-Risk Areas (third edition in 2022). The latest measures speak for themselves: for drugs in the “Catalogue of drugs subject to registration and real-name reporting in epidemic period”, the retail pharmacies of high-risk and low-risk areas have adopted differentiated prevention and control measures of suspension of sales and reporting reports respectively, and pharmacies in other areas sell “list” drugs without registration .
The two “Guidelines” have adjusted the risk areas, and use the normative descriptions of high-risk areas and low-risk areas in a uniform way. Among them, retail pharmacies in high-risk areas should suspend the sale of “listed” drugs, and retail pharmacies in low-risk areas should complete the registration and reporting of information of personnel purchasing “listed” drugs so timely, complete, and accurate manner and guide those purchasing “listed” drugs to perform nucleic acid testing. catalog”.
The two “guidelines” are clear: according to the risk areas and the control plans outlined by the Territorial Command of Prevention and Control, the commercial pharmacies of the jurisdiction will be controlled at different levels and the commercial pharmacies of the high and low risk areas respectively suspension of sales and registration of “catalogs” Various prevention and control measures for medicines. After the outbreak, local regulatory authorities should mark retail pharmacies in risk areas in a timely manner, and mark retail pharmacies in high-risk and low-risk areas on the “Pharmacy Sentinel Monitoring Platform for Epidemic Prevention and Control”. ‘epidemic of Guangdong provincial drug intelligent supervision’ to ensure that the number of retail pharmacies in the end is clear, accountability is clear, making the daily supervision work more scientific and accurate.
In addition, local prevention and control agencies should implement territorial responsibilities to ensure the normal operation of retail pharmacies in their jurisdictions, ensure that the normal drug needs of the masses are met, and not arbitrarily require retail pharmacies to suspend the activity or suspend the sale of “catalogue” medicines, in order to guarantee retail pharmacies effective sentinel monitoring Play with precision.
