Recently, a notification was made to the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Authority (AHPRA) concerning a proprietor of a pharmacy. The notification alleged that the pharmacy failed to appropriately control the dispensing of Endone, a Schedule 8 medication, to an employee of an aged care facility.
Pharmacists at the pharmacy had dispensed the medication following receipt of medication charts from the facility. The request would usually comprise a cover page which detailed the requested medication, and the corresponding drug chart. In the event that the pharmacy could not…
