Dispensing and Supervision. Supervision must never take place in the dispensary. Doses of medication can be made up in advance each day (assuming the Pharmacist is in possession of a current prescription). Where prepared in advance it is recommended, or when for take home, medication should be dispensed into an appropriate child resistant container labelled in accordance with the requirements of the Medicines Act, and must be stored in the CD cabinet until the client arrives at the Pharmacy. When the client arrives, the accredited Pharmacist or authorised Pharmacy Technician must ensure that the client is correctly identified, interact with them to determine general health and suitability for collecting medication and receives his/her dose of medication. If a client presents as intoxicated (See Appendix A) please see the incident section below. The accredited Pharmacist or Authorised Pharmacy Technician must show the medication to the client and confirm strength and dose.
Dispensing and Supervision. Supervision must never take place in the dispensary. Doses of medication can be made up in advance each day (assuming the Pharmacist is in possession of a current prescription). Where prepared in advance it is recommended, or when for take home, medication should be dispensed into an appropriate child resistant container labelled in accordance with the requirements of the Medicines Act, and must be stored in the CD cabinet until the client arrives at the Pharmacy. When the client arrives, the accredited Pharmacist or authorised Pharmacy Technician must ensure that the client is correctly identified, interact with them to determine general health and suitability for collecting medication and receives his/her dose of medication. If client presents as intoxicated (See Appendix A) please see incident section below. The accredited Pharmacist or Authorised Pharmacy Technician must show the medication to the client and confirm strength and dose. Methadone must be consumed directly from the patient’s labelled dispensing bottle. The accredited Pharmacist or authorised Pharmacy Technician shall observe the consumption of methadone by the client. The client should then be offered a drink of water (also helps prevent tooth decay) and engage in conversation with the client. This is to ensure that the methadone has been swallowed.
Dispensing and Supervision. When the patient arrives, the accredited Pharmacist or Pharmacy Technician must ensure that the patient is correctly identified, interact with them to determine general health and suitability for collecting medication and receives his/her dose of medication. If the patient presents as intoxicated (Appendix C) follow the process detailed in Appendix D. Doses of medication should be made up in advance each day (assuming the Pharmacist is in possession of a current prescription). Medication should be dispensed into an appropriate child resistant container labelled in accordance with the requirements of the Medicines Act, and must be stored in the Controlled Drugs (CD) cabinet until the patient arrives at the Pharmacy. Two basic practices should be followed with Supervised Consumption regardless of the medication – • Provide an appropriate quiet area to protect the privacy and dignity of all patients. Supervision should not occur in the dispensary, staff areas or in view of other patients. • The accredited Pharmacist or Pharmacy Technician should show the medication to the patient and confirm strength and dose. • Patients should be advised not to bring their own drinks when attending for supervised consumption.
Dispensing and Supervision. Supervision should never take place in the dispensary. Doses of medication can be made up in advance each day (assuming the Pharmacist is in possession of a current prescription). Medication should be dispensed into an appropriate child resistant container labelled in accordance with the requirements of the Medicines Act, and must be stored in the CD cabinet until the client arrives at the Pharmacy. When the client arrives, the accredited Pharmacist or Pharmacy Technician must ensure that the client is correctly identified, interact with them to determine general health and suitability for collecting medication and receives his/her dose of medication. If client presents as intoxicated please see below. The accredited Pharmacist or Pharmacy Technician should show the medication to the client and confirm strength and dose. Methadone should be consumed directly from the dispensing bottle. The accredited Pharmacist or Pharmacy Technician shall observe the consumption of methadone by the client. The client should then be offered a drink of water (also helps prevent tooth decay) and engage in conversation with the client. This is to ensure that the methadone has been swallowed.
Dispensing and Supervision. Supervision must never take place in the dispensary. Doses of medication can be made up in advance each day (assuming the Pharmacist is in possession of a current prescription). Where prepared in advance it is recommended, or when for take home, medication should be dispensed into an appropriate child resistant container labelled in accordance with the requirements of the Medicines Act, and must be stored in the CD cabinet until the client arrives at the Pharmacy. When the client arrives, the accredited Pharmacist or authorised Pharmacy Technician must ensure that the client is correctly identified, interact with them to determine general health and suitability for collecting medication and receives his/her dose of medication. If client presents as intoxicated (See Appendix A) please see incident section below. The accredited Pharmacist or Authorised Pharmacy Technician must show the medication to the client and confirm strength and dose. Methadone must be consumed directly from the patient’s labelled dispensing bottle. The accredited Pharmacist or authorised Pharmacy Technician shall observe the consumption of methadone by the client. The client should then be offered a drink of water (also helps prevent tooth decay) and engage in conversation with the client. This is to ensure that the methadone has been swallowed. Sublingual Tablets (Buprenorphine e.g. Subutex®) If this is the client’s first dose of buprenorphine the pharmacist should explain they must have waited at least 8 hours since their last heroin use or at least 24 hours since their last dose of methadone. Ideally clients should be in the early stages of withdrawal before taking their first dose. This is to minimise the risk of precipitated withdrawal. This is what happens when buprenorphine displaces the opioid before the opioid is out of their system. It is the client’s responsibility to assess his or her own withdrawal state and readiness for the first dose. A drink of water should be supplied to the client prior to dose to moisten the mouth (this aids dissolution of the tablet). It should be explained that the tablet(s) must be dissolved under the tongue to absorb the active ingredient and the client should avoid swallowing (both the tablet(s) and saliva whilst dissolving). The accredited Pharmacist or Authorised Pharmacy Technician will place the tablet(s) into a pot and hand to the client. The accredited Pharmacist or Authorised Pharmacy Technician will then observe the client placing the ...
