FURTHER to PD’s query to the
Pharmaceutical Society of New
Zealand (PSNZ) regarding the
death of a New Zealand man due
to methotrexate prescribing and
dispensing errors (PD 03 Sep),
PSNZ chief pharmacist advisor Bob
Buckham said the organisation
would use the incident to remind
pharmacists to be extra vigilant
when dispensing methotrexate.
MEANWHILE NPS MedicineWise
Phone Line Services manager
and pharmacist Sarah Spagnardi
said confounding issues in
terms of a recent number of
cases involving errors with
methotrexate dispensing could be
that methotrexate was able to be
distinguished as the issue whereas
other cases might not be clear cut.
Pack size could also be a factor,
in that methotrexate could be
dispensed with more than a
month’s supply of tablets, she said.The above article was sent to subscribers in Pharmacy Daily's issue from 04 Sep 14 To see the full newsletter, see the embedded issue below or CLICK HERE to download Pharmacy Daily from 04 Sep 14
IN WESTERN Australia, Michael’s Chemist Group has started stocking therapeutic Nicotine Vaping Products (NVPs), pursuant to the Federal Government’s new vaping laws (PD 25 Mar).
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