IMPLEMENTATION AND EVALUATION OF A MEDICINES AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM IN A GERMAN SECONDARY CARE ENVIRONMENT

The Falsified Medicines Directive (FMD) and the published Delegated Regulation (DR) has a serious impact on daily operations in secondary care environments. The following study was developed in a German hospital, using medicines authentication software to assess the impact of the implementation of the legal requirement under the FMD. Various dispensing locations were tested in conformity with Article 25 (2) of the DR. The conclusions of this study confirm that the best scenario of implementation will be an authentication of a medicinal product before supplying it to the wards minimizing the effort and other consequences for the hospital.