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1
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Who can prescribe?

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i) An Authorised Prescriber
ii) Nurse Practitioner
iii) Optometrist
iv) Registered Practitioner
v) A dentist
vi) Registered Midwife
vii) Designated Prescriber
viii)a person who belongs to a class of registered health professionals authorised to prescribe any specified class or description of prescription medicines and meets the competency requirements to do so. For example:
o Pharmacist Prescriber (PDN)
o Dietitian
o Registered Nurse

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2
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Who can they prescribe for?

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patients under their care.
Within their scope of practice.
the medicines they are authorized to prescribe.

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3
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For what duration can a prescription be written for or prescribe for?

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Maximum 3-month supply OR

Maximum of 6 month for oral contraceptives

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4
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What are the 5 LEGAL requirements of a prescriber for his prescription?

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Dated
Signature
Name of the Dr
Address of Dr practice
Telephone number
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5
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What are the CLINICAL requirements of a prescription from doctors?

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(NSTDM)
Name.                                 
Strength (where appropriate).
Total amount to dispense OR total period of supply
Dose and frequency of dose
If for internal administration (i.e. by injection, insertion into any body cavity, or swallowing)
Method of administration
if for external application
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6
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For which groups of people, the prescription item fees or (co-payment) is waived by govt?

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Children under the age of 13

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7
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Patient Category Code A means?

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(Adult) Age 18 years & over

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Patient Category Code J?

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Junior - age 14 - 17 years

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9
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Patient Category Code X ?

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Exempt after 20 Rx - Families and individuals collected 20 new prescription items in a year do not have to pay any more prescription co-payments for the rest of that year.

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Patient Category Code Z?

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High use health card (HUHC) holder.

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11
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Patient Category Code Y?

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Youth - 13 & under years

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12
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Patient Category Code 3?

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Not a CSC and not an Eligible Prescriber

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13
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Patient Category Code 1?

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Community Services Card (CSC) holder

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Patient Category Code 4?

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Eligible Prescriber for an Eligible Patient

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15
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Sig?

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Latin “signature “

let it be labelled.

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16
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mane?

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In the morning

17
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Mitte?

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Give

18
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How is dispensing defined?

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The preparation of that medicine for sale to the public (whether in response to a prescription OR a request by an individual) AND the packing, labelling, recording, and delivery of that medicine.

19
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Who can dispense?

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Pharmacist
Authorized prescriber
Veterinarian
An agent or employee of a veterinarian can dispense prescription medicine at the direction of the veterinarian for use in the treatment of any animal under the care of the veterinarian.

20
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To dispense prescription medicine who require direct personal supervision of a pharmacist?

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Dispensary technicians
Pharmacy graduates
Pharmacy technicians
Pharmacy or pharmacy technician students.

21
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Where we need to look for NZ Funded Products by govt?

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PHARMAC Pharmaceutical Schedule

22
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What are the labels we will be able to see in the PHAPMAC schedule search product?

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Funded or Not funded
Pharma code
Pack size
Link to the hospital list
Link to NZF
Link to Medsafe
23
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STAT versus Non-STAT Medicines?

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STAT: Dispensing frequency permitted for that medicine. For example: dispensed all-at-once or monthly supply i.e. A three-month supply or a six-month supply in the case of oral contraceptives.
Non-STAT: medicines are dispensed in monthly lots (i.e., monthly with 2 repeats). However, these may be dispensed in a 90-days lot in certain circumstances.

24
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(CALs)?

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Cautionary and Advisory Labels

25
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What are the recommended CALs for INSULIN glargine 10 mL vial?

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1) Keep in fridge Do not freeze

2) Do Not Use after……02/22

26
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Prescription abbreviation (gutta)?

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Drops

27
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what is the rules for urgently required prescription medicine?

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  • Authorised prescriber can communicate orally to apharmacist that they know
  • Medicine required urgently
  • Within 7 days a written prescription must be forwarde to pharmacist.
28
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who has ability to chnage regulations for medication or health sector

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Director-General of health may wive certain requirements

29
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What are the things you need to do during the Annotation of prescription?

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  • name and address of the pharmacy
  • date of dispensing (this can be found in pharmacy stamp often)
  • unique identifying number or code
  • quantity supplied
  • to identify the individual dispensing each item.
  • each item annotate with the initials of the checking pharmacist for completeness and accuracy.
30
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What are the classifications of medicine ?

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prescription only
pharmacist only
pharmacy only
general sale

31
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restricted medicine what are the records need to be done?

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Date of sale
buyers ID with name and address

Name of the medicine

Quantity of the medicine

Name of the person making the sale

32
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Substitution of brand when and how its allowed for pharmacist for dispensing

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  • The prescriber not annotated “No brand substitution permitted”
  • The substitution brand contains the same active ingredients and no others.
  • The substitute brand is in the same dosage form strength
  • No clinical reason why you should not substitute
  • Pharmacist record the substitution and sign and date and inform the patient
33
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why we substitue the brand?

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  • Prescribed brand is no longer available

- Prescribed brand is no longer funded and a funded alternative is available.

34
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where we can stick the label while dispensing?

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Do not damage: when container is opend so not on the lid
Not obscure: by any other label so do not stick labels on top of each other.
Securely attached to the container.

35
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pharmacist supplied vs OTC label?

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Pharmacist supplied medicines are labelled with well instruction for a particular person which is recommended by a healthcare professional.
Additional information: OTC need additional information for the patient to assess the suitability of the medicine for their condition.
Warning statement: Additional warning statement required.

36
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what is a pharmaist role in a pharmacy?

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Safe supply: of prescription medicine

Provision: of restricted medicine

Supervision: of pharmacy only medicine.

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