VPA urges privacy

March 23, 2016

THE Victorian Pharmacy Authority has issued a warning to pharmacies about their in-store facilities, saying many pharmacists still do not make adequate arrangements for consumer privacy in their premises. “Pharmacy is unique in that the profession is practised in full view of the public...the identity of a medicine being supplied or dispensed cannot be known by another client of the pharmacy or pharmacy department, and where this occurs pharmacies are operating in contravention of the Pharmary Regulation Act 2010,” the communiqué states. Privacy-related complaints now comprise a significant proportion of complaints to AHPRA, with the VPA saying adequate arrangements must be in place to ensure confidential discussions, and avoid inadvertent disclosures through the carrying of open baskets with medicines to a remote cash register.

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VPA urges privacy

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