Dispensing outstanding balances of prescriptions
Pharmacists
are reminded of the importance of ensuring that, when there is insufficient
stock to dispense a prescription in its entirety at the time of first
dispensing, the balance of the prescription is dispensed accurately.
A legible owing slip detailing the name and quantity
of the medicine outstanding must be provided on each occasion and a record
kept in the pharmacy. If the owing slip is computer generated, pharmacists
should be particularly vigilant to ensure that the correct product code
is entered and subsequently the correct product is printed on the balance
slip. Pharmacists are advised to double check the owing slip produced,
so as to prevent any error by pharmacists who dispense the balance owing.
Where balances are dispensed when the pharmacist
no longer has the original prescription, a suitable procedure should be
in place to verify what was ordered. This may include a need for a photocopy
of the prescription to be prepared, before submission to the prescription
pricing bureau, against which the owing and directions can then be checked.
For further guidance see the revised Code of Ethics,
Part 3, paragraph 4.1(h).
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