Efforts to improve safety in the pharmaceutical industry

Efforts to improve the safety environment of the pharmaceutical industry can be done through the efforts of a very real and is consistently in the various stages of the process. Among others:

   1. Do the improvement process. The process is already running an evaluation to see the potential danger, then do repairs so that the risk can be minimized. This work is done in several ways such as:

• Doing the replacement material. For example, the tablet coating process using organic solvents are highly at risk of fire hazard is replaced with solvent water

• Conduct engine replacement. For example, the coding process by using the inks are at risk of contaminating the product and the harmful to personnel, to be replaced with embossed system.
• Modify the engine. For example, engine mounted engine cover if the cover is opened and automatically stops the engine.
• Changing the flow process. For example, wet granulation process with the organic solvent was replaced with a process of refinement slugging or direct printing.

   2. Preparation of SOP. SOP is made other than to describe in detail the procedure of work to be done must also be able to accommodate aspects of safety. For example, when doing line clearance before starting the process of adding a completeness check on the APD. SOP for sanitation should clearly require the MSDS of the chemicals used and the personnel security procedures that must be done before sanitation or fumigation. In addition to designing the space must be accommodated such as clean room facility evacuation routes in case of emergency.

   3. Employees are trained. Safety created a lot more out of habit / habits, so that personnel must be formed continuously in order to have a safety habit. Not enough to just once and then completed training classes, on the contrary to be repeated again and reminded all the time so that safety procedures continue to be part of habitnya, it must still be maintained, where the role of the supervisor and the supervisor is required. Very good if people are given rewards for those who excel in building a culture of safety and given a punishment as an effort to educate those who violate. For example, there are supervisors who make the rules of a fine of Rp 10,000 for those who enter the work space without wearing PPE, although the fine money collected is used to end after eating a meal together, but it is enough to build a culture of safety effectiveness.

   4. Enforcement of specific rules. Any activity that has the greatest potential hazard created special rules in its implementation closely monitored. For example, if there is welding work, must obtain a work permit from the head of the Technical Section. Another example is the work of loading and unloading of combustible fuel or solvents, special rules need to be made. Similarly, the work dangerous jobs should be created other special rules under close supervision.
   5. PPE (personal protection equipment) or PPE (personal protective equipment). Personal protective equipment ranging from work clothes, boots, helmets, respirators, goggles used according to the potential dangers in the work area. But do not get interpreted incorrectly that the APD is the only way to prevent accidents, this is a false belief. Another effort from No. 1 s / d number 4 should be maximized first and use PPE. Even if the improvement is made possible so that people can work safely without the use of PPE is a very good thing.