Essential knowledge: The candidate must be able to demonstrate essential knowledge required to effectively do the task outlined in elements and performance criteria of this unit, manage the task and manage contingencies in the context of the identified work role This includes knowledge of: Chemical and physical incompatibilities Clinical indications of medicines relevant to specific circumstances e.g. infectious diseases, First Aid and injuries Common causes of variation and corrective action required Dispensing procedures Drug abuse - signs, consequences, treatment; community resources available, in particular those with emphasis on drug-related problems Drug use in pregnancy, specific diseases and disorders of each system of the body Equipment and instrumentation components, purpose and operation External therapy products - baths, bath oils, creams, lotions, gels, sprays, irrigations, compresses, ointments, perfumes, poultices Groups of medicines and how to distinguish between them according to actions, active constituents, body systems and plant families Handling requirements for dangerous goods How the dispensing process affects the end product Hygiene standards Identification and application of good manufacturing practice and standard operating procedures Internal preparations - water-based preparations using dispersing agents, capsules, absorbent tablets, sub-lingual, eye, ear, nose and throat preparations, inhalations, mixture with herbal tinctures. Legislative requirements in dispensing aromatic products Major aromatic medicines with respect to their use for general symptoms, psychological and physiological indications Medical terminology Methods and compounds used to adulterate essential oils and aromatic extracts Minor aromatic medicines in respect to their most important indications Non-aromatic ingredients used in the preparation of aromatic medicines OHS hazards and controls Pharmacodynamics of aromatic medicines and pharmaceutical drugs - drug administration, absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion Pharmacodynamics of aromatic medicines and pharmaceutical drugs and the theory of drug action; factors modifying drug effect and dosage; drug toxicity and toxicology continued...: |