Medicinal Products (3) Flashcards
Which products cannot be supplied in an emergency supply?
Cannot supply CD1, CD2, CD3, CD4 drugs at request of either practitioner or patient with the exception of phenobarbitone, phenobarbitone sodium, methylphenobarbitone for the treatment of epilepsy.
Cannot supply substances listed in Fourth Schedule at request of patient.
What happens during a prescriber’s request for emergency supply?
Pharmacist supplies medicine in accordance with prescriber’s direction
Prescriber must supply prescription within 72 hours.
What happens during a patient request for an emergency supply?
Pharmacist must interview patient to establish:
- immediate need
- impractical to obtain script
- medicine was prescribed previously
- pharmacist able to specify appropriate dose
- maximum five days supply (except smallest aerosol available, smallest pack size of cream/ointment, full course of liquid antibiotic, one cycle of OCP)
Label requirements for emergency supply
- date of supply
- name of preparation
- quantity, form and strength
- name of patient
- name and address of pharmacy
- “emergency supply”
Record keeping for request of practitioner:
- date of supply
- name of prescriber
- date of Rx
- name, quantity, form and strength
- date on which prescription is received
Record keeping for request of patient
- date of supply
- name and address of patient
- name and address of prescriber who last prescribed it
- name and address of pharmacy where last supplied and prescription number
- nature of the emergency
COVID changes to request of practitioner
- 5 days of CD 2,3,4
- Schedule 4 part 1 controlled drusg - midazolam, clobazam and clonazepam for treatment of epilepsy
COVID changes to request of patient
- 10 days supply if prescribed previously for patient
- 5 days of CD 2,3,3
-10 days of Schedule 4 part 1 - midazolam, clobazam, clonazepam for treatment of epilepsy
