Pharmacy Daily | WA mandates Project STOP

THE Pharmacy Guild this morning announced that the Western Australian government had decided to make the use of its Project Stop pseudoephedrine tracking system compulsory for pharmacists in the state. The move means that WA joins Queensland in requiring the use of electronic real-time recording of pseudoephedrine products, and “the Guild believes it is now time for the other States and Territories to follow suit,” according to Guild President Kos Sclavos. “Project STOP has been so effective that it is worthy of 100 per cent support across Australia,” he said, with the WA decision coinciding with next week’s Australian Chemical Diversion Conference in Perth. During the conference the Project STOP team will make a presentation on the system which helps pharmacists to decide whether or not to supply a medication to someone based on their recent purchasing history. Data collected by the web-based system is also available for immediate use by health regulators and law enforcement agencies where necessary. “I congratulate the Western Australian Government and the WA Branch of the Pharmacy Guild on this important step in the appropriate management of these medicines,” Sclavos said.

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