Repeat offenders slammed
April 18, 2012
THE Pharmacy Board of Australia
has slammed actions by
pharmacists to encourage patients
to seek prescriber permission for
the authorisation of multiple
quantities of particular medicines in
order to save money, saying the
action is contrary to the National
Medicines Policy and Quality Use of
Medicines principles.
“It does not promote best
pharmacy practice in relation to
regular review of therapy and
effective provision of medicine
information, which assists in
minimising medication
misadventure,” the Board said.
Addressing the issue of
dispensing multiple repeat
prescriptions at one time in its
latest Communique, the Board said
that “In cases where prescribers
have not specified simultaneous
supply of multiple quantities of a
particular medicine, the supply of
multiple repeats at once by
pharmacists is contrary to good
pharmaceutical practice”.
For more information on the
Board’s ‘Dispensing multiple repeat
prescriptions at one time’ guideline,
see www.pharmacyboard.gov.au.
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