Set up medicines, consumables, reagents, implants, and devices
Available to
Medical Storekeeper, Pharmacy Manager, Supply Chain or Procurement Officer, and authorised product-data owner.What this task does
Maintains a reliable medical-item catalogue that supports purchasing, storage, traceability, pharmacy, and financial reporting without confusing a trade name, active ingredient, pack, and clinical formulary decision.
Steps
- Classify the item, for example medicine, OTC medicine, controlled medicine, consumable, reagent, implant, disposable device, durable device, or biomedical spare part.
- Define the product name, manufacturer, brand, generic or ingredient reference where applicable, internal code, barcode or GTIN, stockability, purchase and inventory units, and pack hierarchy.
- Set lot or serial tracking and expiry controls according to the item’s risk, manufacturer information, applicable law, and organisational policy.
- Define approved vendors, vendor-specific pack sizes, lead times, prices, and product references. Keep substitutions under a controlled clinical or procurement policy.
- Set the storage, handling, temperature, hazard, controlled-medicine, and quality-release requirements needed by the operations team.
- Link pharmacy product data to the approved formulation and formulary process separately. A product master record does not approve prescribing or substitution.