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18.1.1Core StandardSafety Standard
Facilities and equipment

Pharmacy Licensing and Medication Storage

Pharmacy premises comply with Poisons Act 1952, maintaining secure storage, temperature monitoring and restricted dangerous drugs safes.

Compliance Criteria

  • 1Registered Pharmacist on duty with valid Annual Retention Certificate (ARC)
  • 2Double-locked dangerous drugs (DDA) safe with strict register balance audits
  • 3Calibrated continuous pharmaceutical refrigerator temperature monitoring (2–8°C)
  • 4Segregated storage for cytotoxic, flammable and sound-alike look-alike (LASA) drugs

Hospital Self-Rating

Rated by Dr. Suresh Nair on 16 Jan 2026

Evidence frozen on 30 March 2026 (14 days before survey)

"Pharmacy storage complies with Poisons Act. Dangerous drugs safes are double-locked with daily inventory counts and 2–8°C fridge logs."

AccrediSense Intelligence
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No evidence documents attached to substantiate this self-assessment claim.

Unverified criteria:
  • Registered Pharmacist on duty with valid Annual Retention Certificate (ARC)
  • Double-locked dangerous drugs (DDA) safe with strict register balance audits
  • Calibrated continuous pharmaceutical refrigerator temperature monitoring (2–8°C)
  • Segregated storage for cytotoxic, flammable and sound-alike look-alike (LASA) drugs
Derived from AccrediSense Evidence Engine · 0 documents attached against 4 compliance criteriaGovernance disclosure (1.4.1.4)

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Linked Performance Indicators (1)

PI-18-001Pharmacy & Medication

Medication Administration Error Rate with Harm per 10,000 Occupied Bed Days

18 readings recorded (Target: <= 0.5per 10,000 bed days)
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Person-in-ChargeHead of Pharmacy Services
Head of DepartmentChief Executive Officer
RI
Surveyor Authority PaneAssigned: Dr. Mohd Anis Haron (Lead Surveyor)

Surveyor Rating

Committed 14 Apr 2026

Pharmacy premises are licensed and secure. Dangerous drugs safe is double-locked with daily balance tallies, and cold-chain fridges maintain continuous 2–8°C logs.

Ensure remote temperature alarm notification test is conducted monthly.

Maintain high standards of pharmaceutical storage security.