PHARMACY'S peak bodies are calling on the Federal Government to remove the need for patients to sign receipts for Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) prescriptions, as an infection control measure.
Speaking during a COVID-19 webinar last night, Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) National President, Dr Chris Freeman, echoed concerns raised by Pharmacy Guild of Australian National Vice President, Trent Twomey, to remove the requirement (PD 24 Feb).
"There hasn't been any formal advice around this as yet," he said.
"We're asking the Department of Health to come out as a matter of urgency and provide advice to pharmacists, so that they can be supported in actually taking this action.
"From an infection control point of view, it makes sense to me that we shouldn't be having patients sign off on receipts of prescriptions."
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