Pharmacists have admirably navigated the changes to the provision of the Opioid Therapy Program (OTP) in 2023, overcoming numerous challenges whilst maintaining uninterrupted service to their patients.
With pharmacists now becoming accustomed to these changes, the PDL Professional Officers wanted to take the opportunity to highlight some common incidents involving the OTP that have been reported to PDL.
Dose calculation errors – where a methadone dose has been expressed as xmg, but xmL has been supplied, leading to the patient ingesting five times the prescribed dose.
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