Emergency supply

Question 1

Definition of Emergency Supply (5 points)

Answer 1

In an emergency and under certain conditions
a pharmacist working in a registered pharmacy
can supply POMs to a patient without a prescription
if requested by a prescriber or a patient

Question 2

Name the two types of emergency supply

Answer 2

1) Patient

2) Prescriber

Question 3

Prescribers who can request and emergency supply

Answer 3

1) Doctor
2) Dentist
3) Supplementary prescriber (prescribe under their field)
4) Community practitioner nurse prescriber
5) Independent prescribers (nurse, optometrist, pharmacist, physiotherapist, podiatrist)
6) EEA or Swiss health care professionals

Question 4

Emergency supply at prescribers request, pharmacist must be satisfied that (4):

Answer 4

1) APPROPRIATE PRESCRIBER makes request (registered in UK, EEA/Switzerland)
2) EMERGENCY- genuine reason that prescription cannot be supplied immediately
3) 72 HOURS- promised to supply prescription
4) DIRECTIONS- med supplied according to directions provided by prescriber

Question 5

PRESCRIBERS REQUEST, Record in POM register must state (6):

Answer 5

1) Date POM supplied
2) Name, form, strength, quantity of medicine supplied
3) Name & Address of Prescriber requesting
4) Name & Address of Patient recieving
5) DATE ON PRESCRIPTION
6) DATE PRESCRIPTION IS RECEIVED

Question 6

Emergency supply at Patients request, pharmacist must INTERVIEW the patient and be satisfied that (3)

Answer 6

1) EMERGENCY: immediate need) for POM & impractical to obtain RX without undue delay
2) PREVIOUSLY PRESCRIBED by UK prescriber/ or EEA/Swiss health care professional
3) Dose is appropriate for the patient under that circumstance

Question 7

patients request: POM is 30 days except for…(3):

Answer 7

1) Insulin, ointments, creams, inhaler (asthma)- smallest pack
2) oral contraceptive- full cycle
3) Liquid ABX- smallest quantity to complete full course

Question 8

Patients request: Record in POM register must include (4)

three the same as prescribers request

Answer 8

1) Date POM supplied
2) Name, form, strength, quantity of medicine supplied
3) Name & Address of Patient receiving
4) Nature of emergency…. (why need POM & why no RX?)

Question 9

Emergency supply at patients request, pandemic,

one thing you need to do and one thing you dont need to do (3)

Answer 9

1) make sure treatment has been previously prescribed by an appropriate practitioner with an appropriate dose
2) dont need to interview

Question 10

Emergency supply, patients request, LABELLING REQUIREMENTS for packaging (6)

Answer 10

1) Date of supply
2) Name, form, strength, quantity of medicine supplied
3) Patients name
4) Name & Address of Pharmacy
5) ‘‘EMERGENCY SUPPLY’’
6) ‘‘Keep out of the reach of children’’

Question 11

A pharmacist must interview a patient requesting for an emergency supply unless in the event of a?

Answer 11

Flu pandemic

Question 12

Emergency supply, which CD’s can be supplied?

Answer 12

• No sch 2 +3 apart from phenobarbitol for epilepsy

Question 13

For how many days supply can a pharmacist supply

a) POM med
b) Sch 4, 5 and phenobarbitol

Answer 13

• POM: 30 days

- Sch 4, 5 and phenobarbitol: 5 days

Question 14

For an emergency supply, when must the pharmacist make a record in the POM register?

Answer 14

On the day of supply, or the next day

Question 15

What are the labelling requirements for emergency supplies?

Answer 15

Normal labelling requirements, with the addition of the words ‘emergency supply’ added to dispensing label