The Inspectorate
and Post Market Surveillance Department is
one of the four technical departments of The ECOWAS PHC with
the
responsibility to
inspect all medicines and health products in line with
ECOWAS PHC’s
regulations and
guidelines; Post Market Surveillance activities; manage
pharmaceutical wastes
through incineration; and register and license Premises
(Whole sale Pharmacies/
Cosmetics shops).
STRUCTURE OF THE DEPARTMENT
This Department
comprises of five (5) units and is headed by
a Director, the Inspector General, who is a pharmacist. He
is assisted by a
Deputy Inspector General, also a pharmacist, with several
managers who head the
various units within the Department: Post Market
Surveillance Unit,
Pharmaceutical Waste Management Unit, Port Inspection Unit,
and Premise
Licensing Unit & Regional County Offices. The Department
has six (6)
pharmacists, two (2) pharmacy technicians, 34 surveillance
officers, 19
intelligence officers, one (1) accounts officer and one (1)
office assistant.
POST MARKET SURVEILLANCE UNIT
*
Coordinates the monitoring of the quality of
medicines and health products in circulation to ensure
public health safety;
* Collaborates with the Quality
Control Laboratory;
* Monitors the storage facilities
of importers,
wholesalers, distributors, hospitals and clinics;
* Issues alert, recall and deal
with potentially
defective medicines and health products.
PHARMACEUTICAL WASTE MANAGEMENT UNIT
* Makes calls
to Pharmaceutical entities to inquire about
expired and damaged pharmaceutical products or wastes
* Visits pharmaceutical entities who
accumulate
pharmaceutical waste and do quantification
* Prepares bill(s) and write said
pharmaceutical entity for
payment
* After payment is made, collects the
wastes and transport
said to the disposal site for temporary storage
* Implement pharmaceutical waste disposal
(Incineration)
PORT INSPECTION UNIT
* Conducts Port
Inspection and collection of samples
* Submits samples for Premarket
analysis
* Release products for circulation if
cleared by QC Lab
* Quarantines questionable products
* Conducts Routine Inspections
PREMISE LICENSING UNIT
*
Responsible for the issuance of premise
APPLY HERE to superintendent Pharmacists
* Receives and processes documents
for premise
registration
* Coordinates Pre and Post
inspection of premises
* Premise Inspection
The Inspectorate and Post Market Surveillance Department is one of the four technical departments of The ECOWAS PHC with the responsibility to inspect all medicines and health products in line with ECOWAS PHC’s regulations and guidelines; Post Market Surveillance activities; manage pharmaceutical wastes through incineration; and register and license Premises (Whole sale Pharmacies/ Cosmetics shops).
STRUCTURE OF THE DEPARTMENT
This Department comprises of five (5) units and is headed by a Director, the Inspector General, who is a pharmacist. He is assisted by a Deputy Inspector General, also a pharmacist, with several managers who head the various units within the Department: Post Market Surveillance Unit, Pharmaceutical Waste Management Unit, Port Inspection Unit, and Premise Licensing Unit & Regional County Offices. The Department has six (6) pharmacists, two (2) pharmacy technicians, 34 surveillance officers, 19 intelligence officers, one (1) accounts officer and one (1) office assistant.
POST MARKET SURVEILLANCE UNIT
* Coordinates the monitoring of the quality of medicines and health products in circulation to ensure public health safety;
* Collaborates with the Quality Control Laboratory;
* Monitors the storage facilities of importers, wholesalers, distributors, hospitals and clinics;
* Issues alert, recall and deal with potentially defective medicines and health products.
PHARMACEUTICAL WASTE MANAGEMENT UNIT
* Makes calls to Pharmaceutical entities to inquire about expired and damaged pharmaceutical products or wastes
* Visits pharmaceutical entities who accumulate pharmaceutical waste and do quantification
* Prepares bill(s) and write said pharmaceutical entity for payment
* After payment is made, collects the wastes and transport said to the disposal site for temporary storage
* Implement pharmaceutical waste disposal (Incineration)
PORT INSPECTION UNIT
* Conducts Port Inspection and collection of samples
* Submits samples for Premarket analysis
* Release products for circulation if cleared by QC Lab
* Quarantines questionable products
* Conducts Routine Inspections
PREMISE LICENSING UNIT
* Responsible for the issuance of premise APPLY HERE to superintendent Pharmacists
* Receives and processes documents for premise registration
* Coordinates Pre and Post inspection of premises
* Premise Inspection