PBA on dispensing mistakes
August 1, 2014
THE Pharmacy Board of Australia
(PBA) has reminded pharmacists
to take care when dispensing so
avoidable mistakes are not made.
In a communiqué, the Board
said it had recently received
reports of mistakes made including
incorrect strengths of thyroxine and
prednisolone being dispensed and
quetiapine 300mg being dispensed
instead of ranitidine 300mg, which
all had the potential for adverse
outcomes for the patients.
The Board said the mistakes could
have been avoided had a scanner
been used or screen alert been
noted.
Pharmacists had an obligation
to use systems and processes to
prevent mistakes that could have
adverse outcomes for patients, the
Board said.
“These and other Board codes
and guidelines are admissible in
proceedings under the National
Law, for example, when handing
complaints against pharmacists,
as evidence of what constitutes
appropriate professional conduct
or practice for the pharmacy
profession.”
The Board said it did not
comment on individual cases.
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MEANWHILE the Board also
reported that there was a total of
28,188 registered pharmacists as of
June, which was the same number
as in March.
This was comprised of 25,455
in general registration compared
with 25,306 in March, 1,846 in
provisional registration compared
with 1,912 in March, 17 in limited
registration compared with 17 in
March and 964 in non-practising
registration compared with 953 in
March.
The data will be published shortly
on the Board’s website.
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