The Padlock project
Over 50 hospitals analysed,together with AIFA, SIFO and Scuola Sant'Anna.
The research on stock security in Italian hospitals that ShieldPlus® was born from.
The problem
Medicines, too,are goods at risk.
- surveys on stock security in hospital facilities.
- 50+
- Source: Padlock project
- Italian hospitals recorded medicine thefts.
- 1 in 10
- Source: Transcrime study
- the average loss per theft.
- 330k €
- Source: Transcrime study
- a year: the damage from thefts of high-value products along European supply chains.
- €8.2 bn
- Source: European Union studies
Why medicines? They are easy to steal, because packs are small; worth the risk, because of their high value; easy to sell, because they are hard to identify in a very receptive market.
The method
A self-assessment tool,four areas analysed.
Analysis of stock security levels in hospital pharmacies and pharmaceutical warehouses, using a self-assessment tool developed within the Padlock project.
- CustodyWhere and how medicines are stored.
- TraceabilityThe medicine's journey, from receiving to the ward.
- AccessWho can enter the premises and how it is controlled.
- ProceduresEveryday rules and how closely they are followed.
Published in Il Sole 24 Ore Sanità
From the surveys,national guidelines.
The survey results and the Security guidelines were published in a supplement of Il Sole 24 Ore Sanità and presented at the SIFO congress.
Download the guidelines · PDF 3.3 MB (Italian)“Theft, smuggling, counterfeiting and adulteration of medicines are a potential harm to patients' health, to the national health service and to industry.”
SIFO manuals
Guidelines for the securityof Hospital Pharmacies.
From Padlock to ShieldPlus®
Logplus® experiencebecomes a method.
The SHIELDPLUS® approach stems from the experience gained in the Padlock project and from the guidelines dedicated to medicine security.
