Good dispensing practice
May, 2019
, Outlines
• Definition and terminologies
• Good dispensing practice
• Rational drug use
• Steps of good dispensing practice
, Terminologies
• Drug: means any substance or mixture of
substances having a marked physiological
effect when taken into the body
• It’s useful in the diagnosis, treatment,
mitigation or prevention of a disease in man
or animal.
, Terminology ….
• Prescription: any written order for drug and
signed by a duly licensed or authorized medical
practitioner & issued to a patient in order to
collect drug from dispensing unit.
• Prescriber: means any medical practitioner who
is licensed or authorized to write prescription.
May, 2019
, Outlines
• Definition and terminologies
• Good dispensing practice
• Rational drug use
• Steps of good dispensing practice
, Terminologies
• Drug: means any substance or mixture of
substances having a marked physiological
effect when taken into the body
• It’s useful in the diagnosis, treatment,
mitigation or prevention of a disease in man
or animal.
, Terminology ….
• Prescription: any written order for drug and
signed by a duly licensed or authorized medical
practitioner & issued to a patient in order to
collect drug from dispensing unit.
• Prescriber: means any medical practitioner who
is licensed or authorized to write prescription.
