Can pharmacies carry out blood sugar testing?State Drug Administration: The relevant management system will be studied

The State Drug Administration announced on the official website of the "Letter of the Fifth Meeting of the 13th National Committee of the CPPCC" on the official website. Regarding the "Proposal on Promoting Social Pharmacy Pharmacists Carrying out Pharmacists" proposed by the members, the State Drug Administration mentioned in the reply that in the next step, the State Drug Administration will explore and formulate the implementation specifications of pharmacy services in a timely manner. The competent department explores the medical insurance payment pharmacy pharmaceutical adjustment fee and pharmacy service fee, while actively promoting the return of the pharmacist's return to pharmaceutical services and providing the people with high -quality pharmacy services.

In addition, the suggestions on the formulation of blood glucose testing and management measures in pharmacies, the State Drug Administration stated that the "Notice of the General Office of the Ministry of Health on Strengthening the Clinical Management of Portable Blood Globe Detector" and "Medical Institutional Portable Blood Globe Detector Management and Clinical Operation (Trial of Trial ) "It is clearly pointed out that the portable blood glucose detector is suitable for non -diagnostic blood glucose monitoring. The use of portable blood glucose detector should be trained and evaluated for qualified medical staff. Records and reporting methods of quality control detection results.

The State Drug Administration pointed out that regarding whether pharmacies can carry out blood sugar testing and how to strengthen standardized management, they should clarify the purpose, principles, conditions, and supervision requirements of pharmacy to carry out testing on the basis of fully investigating and evaluation to avoid due to personnel operations due to personnel operation Irregular, quality control cannot be guaranteed, and even adverse acts such as induced consumption.

In the next step, the State Drug Administration will actively cooperate with relevant departments such as the National Health and Health Commission and other relevant departments to study the relevant management system of rapid blood sugar monitoring of social pharmacies. On the premise of ensuring the quality and safety of medical treatment, exploring the home pharmaceutical service of patients with chronic diseases is more conducive Management method.

It is reported that my country's practice pharmacist system was established in 1994. As of the end of May 2022, the number of qualifications for professional qualifications for practicing pharmacists across the country was 1.35 million, and the number of registered practices was 663,000, and the number of pharmacists per 10,000 population was 4.7. 605,000 presidential pharmacists registered in pharmaceutical retail companies, accounting for 91.3%of the total number of registrations.

Source: People's Daily Online

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