Assessor Resource
SIRCDIS406
Assist in preparing dose administration aids
Assessment tool
Version 1.0
Issue Date: March 2024
This unit applies to dispensary assistants working in the dispensary area of a community pharmacy. The pharmacist in charge of the community pharmacy business is responsible for ensuring that dispensary assistants are limited to those functions that do not require them to exercise professional judgement or discretion.
A person undertaking this role is required to work under the supervision and direction of a pharmacist.
This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to package or pre-pack pharmaceutical products in dose administration aids (DAAs) under the direction of a pharmacist. It includes setting up pre-packaged doses of prescribed medicines to be administered over set periods. This may be for new and ongoing individual customers or for multiple customers in residential care settings.
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