DURING March this year five
Panel Hearings were held into
allegations that pharmacist
licensees had failed in their
handling of Schedule 8 (S8)
products, the Victorian Pharmacy
Authority has reported in its
monthly Communiqué.
In all cases the proprietors were
found to have failed to comply with
legislation and good pharmacy
practice because they didn’t ensure
transaction records in S8 poisons
showed the true and accurate
balance of each poison remaining
in their possession after each
transaction.
In two cases, S8 were not stored
in a compliant Schedule 8 poisons
safe, in one case simply being
stored in an unlocked drawer.
Other related deficiencies were
found and in all cases proprieters
were reprimanded, the VPA said.The above article was sent to subscribers in Pharmacy Daily's issue from 02 May 16 To see the full newsletter, see the embedded issue below or CLICK HERE to download Pharmacy Daily from 02 May 16
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