Dosage data for PBS items
June 26, 2013
THE July PBS schedule will include
dosage data for a number of drugs
with multiple active ingredients,
as a means of addressing concerns
raised by the PSA, Guild and
others over the recent change to
alphabetic listings (PD yesterday).
According to Pulse IT, the Dept of
Health says that the changes aimed
to make the PBS consistent with the
Australian Medicines Terminology
developed by the National E-Health
Transition Authority, and had been
the subject of wide consultation.
However in response to concerns
raised, the department “is assisting
prescribers and dispensers in their
transition to the AMT by providing
the strength of ingredients as part
of the brand name in the July 2013
PBS Schedule for several multiingredient
drugs,” the DoHA said.
The Medical Software Industry
Association has recommended that
dispensing software include an
alert to pharmacists for Coveram
prescriptions to ensure they check
the required dosage.
The Department said the extra
dosage data would help dispensers
more easily identify a match
between the PBS listing and the
product name and packaging.
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