Exam questions Flashcards
A record must be made on the day of supply of an ‘emergency supply of a POM at the request of the patient’ from a retail pharmacy. True or false
False. On the day or following day.
Medicinal products which are eye ointments can be classified as GSL, P or POM
GLS only
A record of a private prescription for a POM must contain the name and the address of both the patient and the prescriber and be made within 72 hours of the supply of a POM. True or false
False. A record of a private prescription for a POM must indeed contain the name and the address of both the patient and the prescriber. However, it should be made the same day or the next day following.
A registered optometrist can supply to a patient any eye drops containing a POM provided it is an emergency and in the course of their professional practice. True or false
False. A registered optometrist can only supply certain eye drops containing certain POMs. The conditions that it is an emergency and in the course of their professional practice indeed apply.
