Lesson 2 Flashcards
Refers to the sum of processes performed by a pharmacist from reading, validating, and interpreting prescriptions; preparing, packaging, labeling, record keeping, dose calculations, counseling or giving information, in relation to the sale or transfer of pharmaceutical products, with or without a prescription or medication order.
Dispensing (Ra 10918 SEC 6)
Activities exclusive to Pharmacists:
Prepare, compound, or manufacture, preserve, store, distribute, procure, sell, or dispense, or both, any pharmaceutical product or its raw materials; or
Render services such as clinical pharmacy services, drug information services, regulatory services, pharmaceutical marketing, medication management, or whenever the expertise and technical knowledge of the pharmacist is required; or
Engage in teaching scientific, technical, or professional pharmacy courses in a school or college of pharmacy; or
Supervise the practice of sub-professionals in the dispensing of pharmaceutical products; or
Provide other services where pharmaceutical knowledge is required.
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Activities that are non-exclusive to Pharmacists:
Conduct chemical, biological, or microbiological analyses and an assay of pharmaceutical products, food/dietary supplements, health supplements, cosmetics, or
Perform physicochemical analyses of medical devices used in aid of administration of pharmaceutical products; or
Administer adult vaccines that are approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) subject to the training, certification, and other requirements as provided in this IRR of RA No. 10918; or
Conduct for undertake scientific research in all aspects, involving pharmaceutical products and healthcare.
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All pharmacists are expected to abide by current standards such as but not limited to:
- Philippine Practice Standards for Pharmacist
- Good Pharmacy Practice
- Good Regulatory Practice
- Good Distribution Practice
- Good Storage Practice
- Good Warehousing Practices
- Good Manufacturing Practice
- Good Clinical Practice
Refers to the practice of pharmacy that responds to the needs of the people who use the pharmacistS’ services to provide optimal, evidence-based care.
Good Pharmacy Practice
Refers to the practice of regulation that should be clear, simple, and practical for users through identified policy objectives, consistent with international standards in a sound legal and empirical basis which produces benefits that justify and minimize costs and market distortions, in consideration of its effects across society and taking into account the economic, environmental and social factors.
Good Regulatory Practice
Refers to the art of quality assurance which ensures that the quality of the pharmaceutical products is maintained through adequate control throughout the numerous activities which occur during the distribution process.
Good distribition practice
Refers to the part of quality assurance which ensures that the quality of a pharmaceutical product is maintained through adequate control throughout its storage.
Good storage practice
Refers to that part of quality assurance which ensures that the quality of a pharmaceutical product is maintained through adequate control throughout the warehousing.
Good warehousing practice
Refers to the system of quality assurance aimed at ensuring that products are consistently manufactured to a quality appropriate for their intended use. It is thus concerned with both manufacturing and quality control processes and procedures.
Good Manufacturing Practice
Refers to an international ethical and scientific quality standard for designing, conducting, recording, and reporting trials that involve the participation of human subjects.
Good Clinical Pharmacy Practice
Refers to a person who assists the pharmacist in the different aspects of pharmacy operation based on established standard operating procedures and processes, with a very minimal degree of independence or decision-making and without direct interaction with patients; they typically perform all the administrative duties of the pharmacy. Their responsibilities include: answering the telephone, handling money, stocking the shelves as well as other clerical duties.
Pharmacy Aides
Refer to a person who assists the pharmacist in different aspects of pharmacy operation based on established standard operating procedures and processes, with a minimum degree of independence or decision-making, and may have supervised interaction with patients.
Pharmacy Assistants
Refer to persons who assist in compounding and dispensing of medicines in community, hospital, institutional and industrial settings or engaged in other activities under the supervision of the pharmacist. In many pharmacies, technicians screen prescription orders for accuracy and completeness, prepare prescriptions, retrieve, count, pour, weigh, measure, and sometimes mix the medication. Pharmacy technicians also perform calculations and prepare medicines used to treat cancer, perform medication reconciliation, assist in the management of investigational drug studies, and also use technology to help maintain accurate patient records, prepare and package medications, and place orders.
Pharmacy Technicians
Refers to medicines used for symptomatic relief of minor ailments and which may be dispensed without a prescription.
Over-the-Counter (OTC) Drugs
Refer to medicines that can only be dispensed by a pharmacist to a patient upon the presentation of a valid prescription from a physician, dentist, or veterinarian and for which a pharmacist’s advice is necessary
Prescription drugs
Refer to over-the-counter medicines classified by appropriate government agencies that can be obtained only from a pharmacist, with mandatory pharmacist’s advice on their selection and proper use.
Pharmacist-only OTC Medicines
Refer to any preparation containing pharmaceutical substances of common or ordinary used to relieve common physical ailments and which may be dispensed without a prescription in original packages, bottles, or containers, of which the nomenclature has been duly approved by the FDA.
Household/Home Remedies
Refer to processed food products intended to supplement the diet that bears or contain one or more of the following dietary ingredients: vitamins, minerals, herbs, or other botanicals, amino acids, and dietary substances to increase the total daily intake in amounts conforming to the latest philippine recommended energy and nutrient intakes or internationally agreed minimum daily requirements.
It usually is in the form of capsules, tablets, liquids, gels, powders, or pills and not represented for use as a conventional food or as the sole item of a meal or diet replacement of drugs and medicines, as defined under R.A. No. 9711.
Food/Dietary Supplements
Refer to a substance or preparation intended to be placed in contact with the various external parts of the human body or with the teeth and the mucous membranes of the oral cavity, with a view exclusively or mainly to cleaning them, perfuming them, changing their appearance and/or correcting body odor, and/or protecting the body or keeping them in good condition, as defined under R.A. No. 1619711
Cosmetics
- All prescriptions and pharmacist-only OTC medicines hall be filled, compounded, and dispensed only by a registered and licensed pharmacist, in accordance with the Philippine practice standards for RPhs, dispensing guidelines, and other standards.
- Completely filled prescriptions should be surrendered to the pharmacist for recording.
- Partial filling of prescription less than the total quantity indicated in the prescription shall be allowed.
- It is the responsibility of the RPh dispensing the last quantity completing the prescription to keep the prescription according to the proper prescription recording guidelines.
- Prescriptions medicines may be dispensed only by a duly registered and licensed pharmacist and only with a valid prescription of a physician, dentist, or veterinarian.
RA 10918 Section 33
