Legislations

Question 1

What are the different types of qualified people to handle medication?

Answer 1

• POM-V - Prescriptions only medication
• POM-VPS - Prescriptions only medication from Veterinary Surgeons, Pharmacist and Suitably Qualified Person
• NFA-VPS - non-food animals from Veterinary Surgeons, Pharmacist and Suitably Qualified Person
• AVM-GSL - Authorised Veterinary Medicines from General sales list

Question 2

What are the different types of legislations for medicate drugs?

Answer 2

• Misuse of Drugs Act 1971
• Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001
• Amended in 2021
• Dispose of Controlled Drugs Act
• Waste Management Licensing Regulation 1994
• Hazardous Waste Regulation 2005

Question 3

What does the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 cover?

Answer 3

• Classify drugs according to their assessed harmfulness and potential for misuse

Question 4

What does the Misuse of Drugs Act 2001 and amended in 2021 cover?

Answer 4

• Drugs which are essential to modern clinical care and and clinical use - categorised into five schedules
• Human nurses and pharmacists with appropriate qualifications can prescribe any schedule 2-5 controlled drug EXCEPT diamorphine, cocaine, dipipanone for addiction treatment

Question 5

What are the 5 schedules and what do they do?

Answer 5

• Schedule 1 - little or non therapeutic value, only used for research
• Schedule 2- their use is strictly controlled
• Schedule 3 - high potential for abuse/misuse, but with therapeutic value
• Schedule 4 - Some potential or abuse/misuse and therapeutic value
• Schedules 5 - Some potential for abuse/misuse and therapeutic value

Question 6

What are the prescription requirements for schedules 2/3?

Answer 6

• Declaration that is prescribed for an animal
• Full name, address and contact details of owner plus name of the owner
• Name of form of the drug
• Amount of product prescribed
• Strength of preparation
• Dose to be administered
• The full name and MRCVS number of prescribing vet surgeon
• Issue date
• Signature of the prescriber

Question 7

What are different types of dispose bins?

Answer 7

• Sharps bin - uses needles, broken glass etc.
• Cytotoxic and cytostatic waste bin - any cytotoxic waste
• Pharmaceutical waste bin - multiuse medication bottles

Question 8

How to store medication?

Answer 8

• All medication stored in accordance to their summary of product characteristics
• Store securely
• Store according to product data sheet
• Environmental conditions of the pharmacy