1- even if the returned drug was CD sch 2, authorused officer does not need to witness the distruction?
2- for example, lets say for methadone patients , you already know them, is it legally required to ask for their ID? when recording it in the CD register, the pharmacy were i work at write NO for both spaces when it ask you was the ID asked for and was it shown? i told the pharmacist that at uni they told us we shoul ALWAYS ask for ID and record it as YES prove of ID was aske for, but we do not need to see the ID.
what do you think?
3- yes calender packs, thank you for the clarification, i checked the drug tariff book today looking for the symbol
anyways the dispensing systems tells us by itself i.e when trying to label 56 tablets the ECLIPSE system itself notified me that dispensing to the nearest pack size is required which is 60
4- yes was wondering about electronic CD registering and how helpful it could be? anyways today i learnt that its ILLEGAL to cross or make any ammendments to the CD register record, specialy crossing a wrong quantity. was blamed for doing so but well this is how we learn.
5- dunno my pharmacist was wondering about it, the electronic Rx systems.
okay another busy day, but things went better at my 4th day here, as i managed to put on my trainers not the SHOES! less feet pain.
a learnt more new stuff and would like to share it with you all( i know you all know these things but well i feel like talking about it).
1- a patients come with a Rx for salmol-salbutamol 100mcg inhaler and others products, we did not have any remaining as we gave around 20 this morning, the guy barely could inhale and we could tell from the sound coming out from him( u know what i mean). the pharmacist decided to provide him with Easy-breath inhaler, he told me he has to justify it to PPA to be paid for it. what do u think?
2- never dispense from the bloody label, always from the script, gave out ramipril 10mg capsules rathern than tablets, u know capsules are more commenly prescribed.
3- methadone patients who miss more 3 doses are not allowed to get their next dose, tho dunno what we should do about it when they come the next day or who should we contact? can someone enlighten me here?
4- why cloramphenacol 1% eyes drops can be proved without the need for Rx while chloramphenacol 1% ointment need a Rx? any reason behind it? also i noticed that an emergancy supply was made for the ointment few weeks ago as it is shown on ECLIPSE, page 6 in BNF says we can do ES for INSULIN cream or ointment ONLY, does this mean its illegal to make ES of chloramphenacol ointment?
5- provided some needle exchange for patients.
6- witnessed the denaturation of some CD returned tablets and signed the register. what do we do after leaving them for 24 hours in the little box provided for their denaturation? can we simply get rid of them?
finally we managed to dispense 580 items today, from which around 100 as delivery service.
this is was my day for today, if the admin does not mind, i will be using this topic as a daily diary
thanks for reading