THE Pharmacy Board of Australia has developed a new page on its website where case studies will be published to help practitioners understand and meet their obligations as a registered pharmacist.
Recent additions to the site include a case where the practitioner allegedly allowed a pharmacy student to prepare and dispense a patient's methadone dose without direct supervision and failed to check the dose before it was provided to the patient.
The outcome saw the Board considering it necessary to restrict the pharmacist from acting as a preceptor of interns or students, as well as undertake formal education.
Another new case describes an allegation where a practitioner dispensed a medication to the incorrect patient.
When collecting the prescription, the patient was provided with a medication belonging to another patient with the same surname but different surname by a pharmacy assistant.
The patient took a medication not prescribed for them and suffered adverse effects - see the case study page at pharmacyboard.gov.au.
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