- Stock quantity verification is done by the chief pharmacist along with the accountant once in a month for high-value stock and once in a quarter for the entire stock
- Quarterly Audit stock checking:
- The stock verification is done by chief pharmacist
- Each category of medicine is checked physically through records of purchase, sale, refund, indent/ issue, stock transfers, & stock taken last month.
- The list for stock-taking has the following particulars:
- Category of drug/ medicine.
- Brand name
- Quantity
- Batch number
- Expiry date
- Manufacture
- Distributor
- Location
- Quantity counted
- Quantity as per records.
- Quantity as per store
- Discrepancy (if any)
- Discrepancy after reconciliation
- Signature of the chief pharmacist
- Action is taken in case of discrepancy
- Apart from this quarterly stock quantity audit, a complete stock audit is done by the senior pharmacist along with the PTC committee members as per the NABH guidelines in all the department and also in the pharmacy.
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