Masks can be bought at some gas stations and subway stations in Nanjing

On December 14, a modern express reporter learned from the administrative examination and approval office of the Nanjing Municipal Market Supervision and Administration Bureau that the convenience stores in Nanjing with 5 gas stations have been approved to "record the business of class II medical devices", and the public can also buy medical masks at the gas stations. At the same time, according to the Nanjing Metro filing application, the Nanjing Metro ticket office has also obtained a certificate, during the epidemic period, if the public forgets to wear a mask, they do not have to go out of the subway to find a pharmacy, and the subway ticket window can easily buy masks.

According to the requirements of the Provincial Food and Drug Administration's "Notice on Carrying Out the Pilot Work of Brand Chain Convenience Stores operating medical masks and Class B non-prescription drugs" and the "Notice on Forwarding the Guidelines for the Normalization of the Prevention and Control of the New Crown Pneumonia Epidemic in Key Units of Key Units of Key Places and Units of the Provincial Health Commission of Jiangsu Province (September 2021 Edition)", in order to further deepen the reform of "decentralization and management services" and facilitate the purchase of epidemic prevention masks by the masses, in accordance with the Regulations on the Supervision and Administration of Medical Devices and the Measures for the Supervision and Administration of Medical Devices, the Nanjing Municipal Market Supervision Bureau has studied and decided, Carry out pilot work on the sale of medical mask products at brand chain convenience stores and subway stations in the city. Nanjing is also the first pilot city in the province.

The staff of the Administrative Examination and Approval Department of the Nanjing Municipal Bureau of Market Supervision said that the pilot work for the filing of medical masks sold at gas stations aims to strengthen the quality management responsibilities of the headquarters of the brand chain convenience store to sell medical masks, simplify the declaration requirements for the quality management personnel and business sites of the brand chain convenience stores, and relax the qualification conditions for the quality management personnel of the brand chain convenience stores. Corresponding requirements are made for brand chain convenience store chain stores to set up medical device retail areas or counters in the business premises, for example, to have a "medical device" logo and effectively isolate them from other goods. At the same time, the implementation of "one thing at a time" and "special office" work model, by the municipal bureau to take the form of centralized filing for the brand chain convenience store headquarters and affiliated stores to handle the second type of medical device filing certificate.

It is reported that at present, the chain convenience stores of Nanjing Alfalfa Garden Gas Station, Daqiao South Road Convenience Store, Huxi Street Gas Station, Jianning Road Gas Station and Jinshajiang East Street Gas Station have passed the second-class medical device operation and filing, and other stores are also being declared. In addition, in order to meet the requirements of normalized epidemic prevention and control, according to the actual situation of subway stations, the Approval Department of the Municipal Supervision Bureau innovated the filing method, relaxed the access conditions, and in the form of conditional filing, the Nanjing Metro Company uniformly received the Filing Certificate for Class II medical devices, and the business premises covered all subway stations in Nanjing operated by the Nanjing Metro Company.

(Courtesy of the correspondent)