ISLAMABAD: The Pharmacy Department of the National Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine (NIRM), Islamabad has qualified for Good Storage and Distribution Practices (GSDP) certification.
A team from Pharmacy Services and Drug Control (PS&DC), Health Department, ICT, conducted the audit to assess the department’s compliance with prescribed standards for the storage and distribution of medicines.
The audit was conducted as part of Pakistan’s preparations for the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Global Benchmarking Tool (GBT) Level-III assessment.
The assessment covered the Quality Management System, standard operating procedures (SOPs) and relevant records, including procurement, receipt, inventory management, distribution, product recall, adverse drug reaction (ADR) reporting and other ancillary operations. The Pharmacy Department successfully met the required assessment criteria and achieved the qualifying score for GSDP certification.
The achievement is expected to strengthen quality assurance, ensure the integrity of the medicine supply chain and improve patient safety in public-sector healthcare institutions.
The certification also represents progress in Pakistan’s efforts to enhance regulatory and healthcare standards in line with WHO benchmarking requirements. –Agencies
