APPLICATION OF THE PARETO ANALYSIS
REGARDING THE RESEARCH ON THE VALUE
OF PREPARATIONS IN COMMUNITY
PHARMACIES FROM CLUJ-NAPOCA, ROMANIA
ANAMARIA BOBOIA*, CONSTANTIN POLINICENCU
Faculty of Pharmacy, „Iuliu Hatieganu” University of Medicine and
Pharmacy Cluj-Napoca, 13 Emil Isac, 400023, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Pharmaceutical Legislation, Management and Marketing Department
*corresponding author: aboboia@umfcluj.ro
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Abstract:
The paper presents the value of the preparations in 10 community pharmacies
from Cluj-Napoca over a period of 18 months. The aim of this paper has been the selection
of the most valuable preparations with the help of the Pareto method. The selected
preparations were: the Petrini paste, the oxygenated water, the rivanol solution 1‰, the
menthol mixture, the diluted alcohol, Sabouraud's tincture (Sabouraud's agar), the face
cleansing cream, the borax glycerine and the tincture of iodine. They represent 22.5% of the
total number of formulations and bring to the pharmacies 80% of the total cashing in for the
formulations. The research indicated that the preparations in the pharmacies may represent
an important source of revenue. The value of the preparations in the pharmacy on the first
place (29027.90 lei) was 23.74 times higher than the value of the preparations in the
pharmacy on the last place (1222.70 lei). The results of the research indicate the need to
reorganize the anagement of the compounding activity in the pharmacies where this is a
minor activity. Therefore all the necessary conditions for the preparations should be
secured: substances, equipment and appropriate places, focusing on the most valuable
preparations. In order to make the pharmacy efficient it is essential not to decline any
preparation request. The Pareto analysis proved to be a valuable work instrument in the
analysis of the pharmacy’s activity.
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