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APPLICATION OF THE PARETO ANALYSIS REGARDING THE RESEARCH ON THE VALUE OF PREPARATIONS IN COMMUNITY PHARMACIES FROM CLUJ-NAPOCA, ROMANIA

ANAMARIA BOBOIA^*, CONSTANTIN POLINICENCU

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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 management 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.