Original title: Beijing solicits opinions on the setting of self-service drug dispensers (quotation)

Self service medicine vending machine can be set up in the residential community of hotels (theme)

Beijing Evening News reporter Zhang Nan

The Interim Provisions of Beijing Municipality on the Administration of Self selling (Picking up) Drug Dispensers by Drug Retailers (Draft for Comments), formulated by the Beijing Municipal Food and Drug Administration, has recently been open to the public for comments. The draft proposed that self-service drug vending machines capable of providing real-time online pharmaceutical services could be set up in large transportation hubs, tourist attractions, shopping malls, hotels, hotels, residential communities and other areas.

Only Class B OTC drugs are sold

The reporter noted that not all drugs can be sold in self-service drug vending machines. The draft proposed that the self-service drug vending machine only sold Class B OTC drugs. The self-service drug vending machine will be uniformly managed by the setting enterprise. Drug sales, replacement, inspection and drug validity management should be incorporated into the enterprise computer system to realize real-time viewing of drug purchase, sales and inventory.

Where can self-service drug vending machines be set up? The draft proposed that drug retail enterprises could rely on their own physical pharmacies to set up self-service drug vending machines in their business addresses. In addition, in order to meet the drug demand of citizens in different regions and different periods of time, enterprises with 15 chain stores can also rely on their chain stores to set up self-service drug vending machines in large transportation hubs, tourist attractions, shopping malls, hotels, residential communities, community medical institutions, township (village) health service centers and other areas.

Real time provision of online pharmaceutical services

There will be uniform regulations on the location of self-service drug vending machines and drug display. Among them, self-service drug vending machines should be kept away from the sun and rain. The place where they are placed should be clean and tidy. They should not be placed in the same place with toxic, harmful and polluting substances. At the same time, it shall have the functions of temperature and humidity automatic monitoring and control, so that the drug storage conditions meet the storage requirements of the drugs handled; It is equipped with safety monitoring facilities and alarm devices to monitor the whole process of selling drugs and deal with the existing safety hazards in a timely manner. On drug display, external medicine and internal medicine should be displayed separately. The machine shall be marked with the name, address, contact number, complaint hotline (12315 or 12345) and other relevant contents of the drug retail enterprise, and the marking shall be obvious and not easy to fall off. The self-service drug vending machine should also have the function of providing real-time online pharmaceutical services.

In order to ensure the traceability of drug quality and safety, the Draft for Comments specifies what should be included in the sales receipt printed for drug sales. For example, the sales receipt should indicate the name of the drug retail enterprise that sets up the self-service drug vending machine, the generic name of the drug, dosage form, specification, product batch number, validity period, marketing license holder, manufacturer, sales quantity, sales price, sales date, etc., and be able to interconnect with the computer management system of the drug retail enterprise.

Once the established self-service drug vending machine does not meet the requirements or there are potential drug safety hazards that have not been eliminated in a timely manner, the drug retail chain headquarters and drug retail enterprises will be interviewed and ordered to correct within a time limit; If it fails to make corrections within the time limit, its establishment will be cancelled; If the circumstances are serious, they will also be punished.

Take medicine nearby with valid prescription

In addition to the self-service medicine dispenser, consumers are expected to pick up medicine from the nearby self-service medicine dispenser. The draft proposed that the self-service drug dispenser is a kind of intelligent special equipment to provide drug storage. Through the connection with the computer management system of medical institutions or pharmacies, customers can obtain drug purchase information. Customers can obtain various drugs on the prescription nearby with valid prescriptions issued by medical institutions (including Internet hospitals).