THỰC TRẠNG HOẠT ĐỘNG KIỂM TRA CHẤT LƯỢNG THUỐC TỈNH THÁI BÌNH VÀ MỘT SỐ YẾU TỐ ẢNH HƯỞNG

Abstract

The study used secondary data from the Center for Drug, Cosmetic and Food Testing in Thai Binh province in the first half of 2020 with the following objectives: (1) Describe the implementation of drug quality control in Thai Binh province in 2020, and (2) analyze major advantages and disadvantages influencing drug quality control in the selected area. The research used a descriptive cross-section approach based on annual data system for drug quality control at the center. Some major results: The Center consists of 31 management units, 10 faculties with 4 examination departments, and machinery used for 10-20 years. In the first 6 months of the year, the Center has tested 94/161 types of substances planned for the first 6 months (58.4% of the capacity), supervised and inspected over 279/270 institutions in the assigned area (103.3% of the plan), and tested 313 drug samples.
Some advantages were figured out accordingly. The staff were enthusiastic, had sufficient knowledge and qualifications, the facilities basically met quality inspection requirements, chemicals and testing drugs were adequate, there was enough budget for regular operation. Some main difficulties: Documents were not synchronized, regulatory standards have not been adequately updated, local institutions have not updated to regulatory standards; there were many concurrent officers; the young staff lack experience; there was a lack of some specialized equipment and machinery; chemicals and standard substances got increasingly expensive. The study proposed some solutions to improve the quality and effectiveness in drug quality control in Thai Binh province in the coming time.