Standards for good pharmacy practice - A comparative analysis

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to research the standards for quality of pharmacy services included in national and international guidelines on good pharmacy practice. The documents were investigated using the comparative method and methods of legal interpretation. The Joint FIP/WHO Guidelines recommend national standards for procurement, storage, preparation, dispensing, medication therapy management and improving effectiveness of the health-care system and public health. The Romanian regulations establish standards for procurement, storage, preparation, dispensing, patient information and the rational use of medicines. However, they could be optimized by setting out standards for quality of the role of pharmacists in providing medication therapy management as well as their contribution to improving the effectiveness of the national health-care system.