Nghe An requires pharmacies to review and report on people buying fever, cough, and flu medicine.
(Baonghean.vn) - Drug retail establishments must strengthen the review and screening of all cases of cough, fever, flu medicine purchase at their establishments; require medical declaration, body temperature measurement, exploit epidemiological information of people needing to use medicine and report to the Medical Center.
On the morning of July 2, Nghe An Department of Health issued Official Dispatch No. 2732/SYT-QLD "on the implementation of medical declaration and reporting for cases of purchasing fever-reducing, cough-reducing, flu-reducing drugs... at drug retail establishments" to the District, City, Town Health Centers and drug retail establishments in Nghe An province.
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| Official dispatch of Nghe An Department of Health. Photo: Thanh Chung |
Drug retail establishments in the province provide information about users and buyers of cough, fever, flu medicines... to the focal units, which are the District, City and Town Health Centers in the area, to promptly detect, screen, trace,isolation, take samples for testing as prescribed.
District, city and town health centers in the province guide drug retail establishments on the content and form of information provision for cases of buying cough, fever, flu medicine... at retail establishments in their area of responsibility to promptly detect, screen, trace, isolate, and take samples for testing of suspected cases.
The Department of Health will suspend operations and handle violations according to regulations for drug retail establishments that do not comply with the above regulations.
