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Prophylactic paracetamol
Are you aware that from 1 September 2015, England, Scotland and Wales became the first countries in the world to offer babies a vaccine against meningitis and septicaemia caused by meningococcal B infection as part of a national immunisation programme? This has led to...
Validation, qualification and calibration
Validation, qualification and calibration are not just one-off activities. They must be carried out on an on-going basis if a facility’s development, operation and maintenance are going to continue to meet all regulatory requirements. Validation involves the...
What do Chaperones do?
Please ensure your chaperones are trained as they may be called upon to do any of the following ……. Providing emotional comfort and reassurance to patients To assist in the examination, for example carrying out blood pressure checks or blood tests To act as an...
Where do I look for changes in Clinical Governance?
Changes agreed to the community pharmacy contractual framework in September 2014 included amendment of the clinical audit and patient safety incident reporting requirements. The amended requirements will be detailed in an updated version of the PSNC and NHS Employers...
Has your customer or patient been poached?
If your patient has inadvertently registered with another pharmacy, having been sent a promotional leaflet by another pharmacy what can you do ? Offer to assist them in undoing that (nomination for EPS can be reset on the patient’s request and you can assist...
Charging for delivering NHS prescriptions, can you do it?
Frequently we are asked to review distance selling pharmacy applications and often the author has included charging the customer for their delivery in their SOPs or their business plan. This is not allowed, as pharmacies are not permitted to charge for the delivery of...
If you hold a GMP licence, make ensure you validate your IT system!
Have you been told, often by your finance department that you must prepare for a new computer system? If so please ensure you raise a change control form and carry out a robust risk assessment . All too often the implementation does not run to plan and the results can...
What does a WDA holder have to qualify & validate?
What does a WDA holder have to qualify & validate ? Their processes, procedures, equipment, packaging, transport, service providers etc. They have to calibrate equipment and temperature data loggers , balances etc. Validation, qualification and...
What should you look for in an outsourcing partner ?
Outsourcing should be considered in small and large organisation where where an expert third party is more effective and economical. The alternative is to employ and train in-house experts or retrain existing team members. Quality Expertise can be sought in diverse...
The Duty To Share: effective 1 October 2015
The Health and Social Care (Safety and Equality) Act 2015 introduced a new legal duty for Health and adult Social Care bodies to share information where this could facilitate the care of the individual. There is a requirement for organisations to use a consistent...
Pharmaceutical Care: who is it dependent upon?
Pharmaceutical Care is a term that has been evolving for a couple of decades now. In 1990 Hepler and Strand first defined the term as “the responsible provision of drug therapy for the purpose of achieving definite outcomes that improve a patient’s quality of...
Devices law suits in the USA
Devices law suits in the USA – Litigation costs are rising. – Provision for litigation should be made in every device manufactures budget especially if they trade in the USA. A large devices manufacturer of ostomy, continence, urology, and wound and skin care...