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Topic; Objectives Of Layout Design
LAYOUT:
Layout means arrangement in which parts of something are laid out or arranged especially
schematic arrangement.
COMMUNITY PHARMACY:
A retail pharmacy practice that services prescriptions directly to the public and over-the-counter
(OTC) products.
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Community Pharmacy can be defined as an area or place under the supervision of pharmacist
where pharmacy practice occur and prescriptions are compounded and dispensed other than
limited service pharmacy. It is a unique hybrid of business and professionalism.
Location
Physical environment
Sufficient Finance
Staff experience, sincerity and behavior
SELECTION OF LOCATION:
Following factors must be considered for the selection of location:
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MINIMUM SPACE:
The space for the premises of a pharmacy shall not be less than 140 sq. feet with minimum
readth of 8 feet in the front and height of 8 feet.In case of medical store 96 sq.ft. with minimum
breadth of 08 ft. in front and height of 08 ft.
DISPLAY OF SIGNBOARD:
The pharmacy and medical store shall display a sign board of minimum length of 5 feet and 2.5
width on the outside wall with displaying word ‘Pharmacy’ in white writing on a green colored
signboard in case of pharmacy while the word ‘Medical Store’ in white writing on a blue colored
signboard in case of medical store.
FACILITY REQUIREMENT:
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The premises has proper and adequate facility for storage of drugs and for their protection from
direct sunlight, dust or dirt, including refrigeration facility.
PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT:
Physical environment is yet another factor along with the location, sufficient capital and
management that plays an important role in the success of pharmacy. Physical environment and
its characteristics help to develop and maintain the image of pharmacy along with drawing
customers. It consist of
DESIGN:
Exterior design:
Promising pharmacy image can be created with unique store front and use of creative
display, entrance, windows and outdoor signs.
Interior design:
The various interior attraction attractors include flooring, colors, fixture lightening,
cleanliness and sound width passageways with modernization products assortment along
with price display and well behaved personnel.
STORE LAYOUT:
Store layout involves various factors such as planning the internal organization of
sections, allocating the space to each section and arrangement of drugs in each section.
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PHARMACEUTICAL CENTER:
Pharmaceutical center sell medicines, surgical and orthopedic appliances and
convenience articles. No product of any kind is displayed and the décor and the organized
floor space are its hallmarks.
TRADITIONAL PHARMACY:
Traditional pharmacy also known as conventional pharmacy occupies a space of 2000 to
5000 sq. feet. The entire pharmacy is expose to the customer. It must have pleasing
appearance and environment for both the customers and the employees and have
capability of giving maximum sale with minimum expenses.
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FACILITES:
The following facilities must be provided in any community pharmacy
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for customers to handle. This is one of the compulsion for prescription products where
there is no selection of the consumer at retail level. There is no self-service or self-
selection in this setup. The pharmacy staff supplies drugs to the consumers, itenables
maximum interchange between pharmacy staff and customers. The modern example of
this layout design is the pharmaceutical center in which no product is on display. This
type of layout design exist for prescription and selected non-prescription drugs, surgical
and orthopedic appliances and supplies.
Self-selection:
Self-selection provides adequate personal service in a more efficient manner and as a
result more competitive with larger super drug stores. Many independent pharmacies are
now trying to use the self-selection layout design. In this type of layout design clerk
service is maintained at all service-oriented sections such as, cosmetics, photo
supplies,prescription, and selected nonprescription drugs, surgical and orthopedic
appliances and supplies, and veterinary sections. However other products are displayed
so that the customer can see, handle, and select themselves but prescription items have no
possibility of self-selection. But nutritional supplements, cosmetics, contraceptives and
other OTC health related items can be self-selected. A retail setup due to availability of
prescription medicines can’t be entirely based on self-selection. This layout is most
frequently found in the modern conventional pharmacies.
Self-service:
Self-service utilizes a minimum of clerk service and exposes the maximum number of
products to be handle by customers. It is not possible to have entireself-service in
pharmacy because of the prescription drugs and item. This type of layout is most often
used in super drug stores but for the non-drug items and commodities such as cosmetics
and nutritional supplements.
Advantages:
Flexibility and visual appeal
Maximize impulse purchases
Disadvantage:
Costly
Waste of floor space
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Premises:
The word Pharmacy shall be displaced on green color sign board in white writing
with minimum of 5 feet length and 2.5 feet width.
The premises shall be well lit, ventilated and built dry and shall be suitably
arranged and have sufficient dimensions to allow goods such as drugs and poisons
to be kept visible.
The area for dispensing department shall not be less than 6 sq. meter for each
additional person.
Height shall be at least 2.5 sq. meter.
Floor shall be smooth and washable.
Walls shall be oil painted, tiled and plastered to avoid cracks, holes and maintain
smooth, washable surface.
Separation shall be made in dispensing department to avoid public entry.
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Hospital pharmacy:
It deals with procurement, compounding, manufacturing, storage, distribution and dispensing of
pharmaceutical goods.
Community pharmacy:
It deals directly with local people of the area and have responsibilities of compounding,
checking, counseling, and dispensing of prescribed drugs.
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Physical facilities:
Administration section
Storage for bulk items
Inpatient department
Outpatient department in case of hospital pharmacy.
Emergency medicine storage.
Medicine information resource center.
Narcotics and other dangerous drugs locker.
Manufacturing and repacking
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References
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