Professional and Legal issues: POM

Question 1

Describe the supply of POMs.

Answer 1

• Must have a prescription
• Supplied by certain practitioners
• Particular prescribing regulation

Question 2

How long are prescriptions valid for?

Answer 2

Up to 6 months from the appropriate date

Question 3

What is meant by owings?

Answer 3

• Pharmacy gives what they have in stock and give patient an owing slip to collect the remainder at a later date

Question 4

Where should records for private prescriptions for a POM be made?

Answer 4

POM register which should be retained for two years from the date of the last entry in the register.

Question 5

How are Sch 2 medicines be registered?

Answer 5

A separate register record should be made in the CD register

Question 6

What is a dental prescription?

Answer 6

Dentists legally can write prescriptions for any POM

Question 7

What are the legal requirements for labelling dispensed products?

Answer 7

• name of patient
• name of address of the supplying pharmacy
• date of dispensing
• name of the medicine
• directions for use
• precautions relating to the use

Question 8

What is meant by Pregnancy Prevention Programme (PPP)?

Answer 8

• certain meds with high risk of foetal malformations/ increase risk of spontaneous abortion
• pharmacists need to make sure medicines are not dispensed for females who might be pregnant or considering pregnancy

Question 9

What is PPV?

Answer 9

Protect females of childbearing potential by minimising risk of pregnancy

Question 10

What is a biologic?

Answer 10

A medicine made from natural sources e.g. vaccine, blood products, somatic cells, DNA

Question 11

What is a biosimilar?

Answer 11

A biological medicine similar to an already licensed biological medicine

Question 12

What is an ATMP?

Answer 12

A biological medicinal product based on genes, tissues or cells which is either:
- a gene therapy medicinal product
- a somatic cell therapy medicinal product
- a tissue engineered product