Ecvs Pharmacy Case

ECVSs’ brick and mortar is 7,700 square feet and is laid out to sufficiently serve the needs of at least 350 customers. ECVS operations team felt that leasing would be a viable option for now which would leave more money to invest into the startup of the operation and for future expansions as the customer base grows. Leasing would also reduce the responsibility of the maintenance and upkeep of the structural soundness of the building. The building roof and/or the central heating and cooling unit is not something that we will need to budget for or worry about repairing. The design of the pharmacy will accommodate the workflow of pharmacist and lab technicians. The center of the pharmacy, which is the ‘Order Processing Center” is often the busiest

area of the pharmacy. The pharmacy includes additional rooms such as office space, conference room, store room, storage room, breakroom and a locker area. The front end of the pharmacy is where we show ECVS’s unique personality, by show casing the latest brand of home health products and non-prescription vitamins and supplements. The pharmacy is designed to also support the low level risk of compounding that will be performed in our laboratory. ECVSs’ state of the art laboratory is equipped with a comprehensive range of specialized equipment which enables us to produce pharmaceutical quality customized supplements. Some of the tools and equipment used by the pharmacist when compounding vitamins are mortar and pestle, spatulas, scoopula, stirring rods, droppers, oral syringes, weights; Class A prescription balance, vials and prescription bottles. Some of the lab equipment used in compounding is the electronic balance which accurately weighs the supplements in minute increments, homogenizers that reduces resources particle sizes, resulting in smoother suspensions, and our autoclaves airflow hoods ensure sterile preparations. The pharmacy also has office equipment which is five computers, pharmacy refrigerators, and medicine cabinets.