Medicines invoices 6 complete tax Legal Either delivery notes or invoices should be kept for 11 years as product liability records Date checking matrix 5 years Audit Any records relating to quality control (QC) should be retained for at least 5 years in line with good manufacturing practice (GMP) or 1 year after the product expiry date Extemporaneously 5 years Northern Ireland Department of — prepared unlicensed Health recommend the records should be medicines kept for 6 Unlicensed imported 5 years manufactured specials Sale or Supply Private prescription register 2 years From the date of the last (POM register) Private prescriptions 2 years from Good practice to retain copies of – the last date of repeatable private prescriptions for 2 supply years where the original prescription has been returned to the patient for future dispensing Poisons register 3 years Legal From the date of the last entry Disposal Waste carriage/transfer 2 years Legal notes non-hazardous – medicines Waste carriage/transfer 3 years Legal – hazardous medicines Waste Electrical and 4 years Legal Electronic Equipment records (WEEE) Other
Medicines invoices 6 complete tax Legal Either delivery notes or invoices should be kept for 11 years as product liability records Date checking matrix 5 years Audit Any records relating to quality control (QC) should be retained for at least 5 years in line with good manufacturing practice (GMP) or 1 year after the product expiry date Extemporaneously prepared unlicensed medicines 5 years Northern Ireland — Department of Health recommend the records should be kept for 6 Unlicensed imported manufactured specials 5 years Sale or Supply Private prescription register (POM register) 2 years From the date of the last Private prescriptions 2 years – from the last date of supply Good practice to retain copies of repeatable private prescriptions for 2 years where the original prescription has been returned to the patient for future dispensing Poisons register 3 years Legal From the date of the last entry Disposal Waste carriage/transfer notes – non-hazardous medicines 2 years Legal Waste carriage/transfer – hazardous medicines 3 years Legal Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment records (WEEE) 4 years Legal Other
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