VMR, VMD and SOPs- Discussion Flashcards
Veterinary Medicines Dictorate (VMD)
An executive agency of DEFRA (Department for Environmental, Food and Rural Affairs)
Regulates use and manufacture of veterinary drugs
Safety, Quality, Efficacy- safe for patient to take/ no harm/ level of quality- made from reliable source/ drugs has intended purpose
Issue Marketing authorisations
Surveillance of drug residues in food
Register places to sell animal medicines
Veterinary Medicine Regulations (VMR)
Set out rules by which veterinary medicines are regulated including; development, production, marketing or distribution of veterinary medicine
Why are Standard Operating Procedures important to implement?
RCVS registered premises
Staffing and pharmacy management
Knowledge, skills and competence
Stock control /ordering- schedule medications?
Recording
Storage- clean, away from heat. locked?
Packaging- suitable for medication
Dispensing- owner competence/ envelopes, amber bottles? fluted?
Waste management- HWR, hazardous, COSHH, HASAWA- which waste bin? protocols?
What factors should be included in an SOP form?
stock control/ rotation
recording
storage
dispensing
waste management
