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Short Report

A simplified checklist for the visual inspection of finished pharmaceutical products: a way to empower frontline health workers in the fight against poor-quality medicines

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Article: 9 | Received 21 Mar 2019, Accepted 15 Apr 2020, Published online: 04 Dec 2023

Figures & data

Fig. 1 Visual Inspection Checklist (new version)

Fig. 1 Visual Inspection Checklist (new version)

Fig. 2 Instruction for the use of the checklist

Fig. 2 Instruction for the use of the checklist
Supplemental material

Additional file 1. Visual Inspection Checklist (previously submitted version)

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Availability of data and materials

The initial 68-questions checklist is provided as additional documentation.

The manuscript results from the follow-up work to a medicines quality survey conducted in the DRC: Schiavetti B, Wynendaele E, De Spiegeleer B, Mbinze GJ, Kalenda N, Marini R, et al. The Quality of Medicines Used in Children and Supplied by Private Pharmaceutical Wholesalers in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo: A Prospective Survey. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2018;98 (3):894–903. https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.17-0732