D5 The pharmacy supply chain - Should you be a link?
Tuesday 30 August 2016
11:00-12:30
Hilton Buenos Aires : Atlantico A & B, 1.5 hours
Organised by the FIP Military and Emergency Pharmacy Section
Introduction
The pharmaceutical supply chain refers to planning, sourcing and distributing pharmaceuticals, health consumables, health equipment and medical gases. The right item must reach the right patient, at the right place and time, in the right quality and quantity. This session will examine the role of pharmacists in the supply chain, and if indeed there is a requirement to have pharmacists involved.
Learning objectives
At the conclusion of this knowledge-based session participants will be able to:
- Define the role of pharmacist in the logistical supply of pharmaceuticals
- Specify the role of pharmacists in the supply chain
- Describe the pharmacy supply chain.
Chairs
Wendy Walker (FIP MEPS, Australia) and Richard Wosolsobe (FIP MEPS, Austria)
Programme
11:00
1) a. Update on the pharmacy supply management working group
Wendy Walker (FIP MEPS, Australia)
b. Meeting the burden of disease through optimising the use of pharmacists in the supply chain
Andrew Brown (Health System Strengthening PTY LTD, Australia)
11:30
2) The role of pharmacists in supply chain management
Ann Smeeton (New Zealand Defence Force, New Zealand)
12:00
3) Halal pharmaceutical initiatives in Malaysia: World’s first standards and practices and their impact on the supply chain and defence
Dato' Halim Basari (Brigadier, Malaysia)
